Wednesday, February 28, 2024

WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*797).        WHITE-FACED STORM-PETREL.             Pelagodroma marina

NEW ZEALAND            131

Maori name: Takahikare-moana. Breeds temperate and subtropical Atlantic and around Australia and New Zealand; main New Zealand colonies in Hauraki Gulf, Bay of Plenty, Motunau Island, around Stewart and Auckland Islands and Chathams. Disperse widely after breeding and rarely seen in New Zealand coastal waters. Breeding October to March.








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