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| Photographed at Upokongaro, North Island, New Zealand, February 2024 |
(*198) NANKEEN NIGHT HERON Nycticorax caledonicus
NEW ZEALAND 135
Very rare native. Found on the margins of freshwater wetlands or tidal lagoons. Vagrant until it started breeding on Whangaanui River in 1990s. Breeds October to March.
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| Photographed at Pipiroa, North Island, New Zealand, February 2024 |
(*511) GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus
NEW ZEALAND 134
Rae Australian vagrant. Found in the margins of freshwater lakes and swamps, and damp pastures. Occasionally irruptions into New Zealand. A pair bred at Wainono Lagoon, South Canterbury in 2014/15.
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| Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024 |
1337 COOK'S PETREL Pterodroma cookii
NEW ZEALAND 133
Breeds Little Barrier, Great Barrier and Codfish Islands. Migrates to eastern Pacific, from California to Chile. Breeds October to May.
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| Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024 |
(*280) WILSON'S STORM-PETREL Oceanites oceanicus
NEW ZEALAND 132
Breeds subantarctic and Antartica, including several colonies in the Ross Sea sector. Migrates to Northern Hemisphere but occasionally seen in New Zealand waters mainly November to December and May to March. Breeding is December to April.
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| 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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| Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024 |
(*518) FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER Puffinus carneipes
NEW ZEALAND. 130
Breeds in western Indian Ocean, southern Australia, Lord Howe Island, northern New Zealand, and in Cook Strait. Main New Zealand colonies at Hen and Chickens, Mercury Group, and Trio and Titi Islands. Ranges through coastal waters of North Island occasionally south to Foveaux Strait in the west and Banks Peninsula to the Chathams in the east. Migrates to North Pacific. Breeding November to May.
