WHITE-CHINNED PETREL

Photographed off Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(*  965)                 WHITE-CHINNED PETREL                Procellaria aequinoctialis

NEW ZEALAND             110

Also known as Shoemaker. Breeds circumpolar subantarctic, including Antipodes, Auckland and Campbell Islands. Occasionally seen near mainland New Zealand but mainly ranges to south and east.

WHITE-CHINNED PETREL

Photographed on Portland Pelagic, January 2017

965             WHITE-CHINNED PETREL                Procellaria aequinoctialis

AUSTRALIA           697

55 cm, wingspan c. 1.4 m. Breeds (Nov.-May) on sub-antarctic islands in NZ region and in s Indian and S Atlantic Oceans; huge circumpolar dispersal s to Antarctic pack-ice and n to 40-30 degrees South; offshore and sight records from se Q-ne NSW to Perth; most records from offshore e Vic, mostly May-July, and se Tas, March-April.