FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER

 

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.

BULLER'S SHEARWATER

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*1234)                  BULLER'S SHEARWATER                   Ardenna bulleri 

NEW ZEALAND             129

Breeds on on Poor Knights Islands. Ranges widely around New Zealand coast and migrates to northern and eastern Pacific. Breeding from November to May.

HUTTON'S SHEARWATER

 

Photographed on pelagic off Tauranga, New Zealand, February 2024

(*521)                   HUTTON'S SHEARWATER          Puffinus huttoni      

NEW ZEALAND                  127

Breeds only in Seaward Kaikoura Range. In NZ waters mainly off the east coast South Island and in Cook Strait but migrates to Australian waters in winter. Breeding October to April.

STREAKED SHEARWATER

Photographed off Broome, Western Australia, November 2019

1300                  STREAKED SHEARWATER                      Calonectris leucomelas

AUSTRALIA.                783

Mostly over offshore waters and continental shelf slope, occasionally inshore waters. May show some interest in fishing vessels; occasionally observed from land. Often joins other species of shearwaters, noddies, terns feeding.Regular non-breeding migrant to tropical Aust. waters from breeding islands off Japan and Korean Peninsula. Generally uncommon.

GREAT SHEARWATER

Photographed on Eaglehawk pelagic, Tasmania, June 2019

1296                  GREAT SHEARWATER                 Ardenna gravis

AUSTRALIA                779

Population of near 5 million mostly in the Atlantic Ocean with regular occurrence into w Indian Ocean near SA. Vagrant to Australian waters with about 6 sightings before an influx in 2011. Most records over off-shore waters or at the shelf.

FLUTTERING SHEARWATER

Photographed in Queen Charlotte Sound, near Picton, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019.

(*   790)                       FLUTTERING SHEARWATER                   Puffinus gavia

NEW ZEALAND                 113

Also known by Maori name Pakaha. Abundant endemic. Breeds on many islands around North Island and Cook Strait. Flocks common in coastal waters and harbours, some visit Australia during breeding season.

SOOTY SHEARWATER

Photographed on the crossing from Bluff, South Island New Zealand to Stewart Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(* 971)                        SOOTY SHEARWATER                   Puffinus griseus

NEW ZEALAND               97

Also known by Maori name Titi; and as Muttonbird. Breeds mainly around NZ, but also southern Australia, Macquarie Island and southern South America. NZ birds migrate to North Pacific.

Photographed off Stewart Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

GREY PETREL

Photographed on Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Tasmania, June 2018

 1253                  GREY PETREL                  Procellaria cinerea

AUSTRALIA              748

Also known as Brown Petrel, Pedlunker, and Grey Shearwater. Occurs in open seas of Southern Hemisphere, mainly between 49 degrees South and 32 degrees South. Numbers are decreasing and believed to be only 400,000 left. Breed in burrows in the ground, laying only one egg.

BULLER'S SHEARWATER

Photographed on Eaglehawk pelagic, Tasmania, January 2018

1234                         BULLER'S SHEARWATER                   Ardenna bulleri 

AUSTRALIA                 727

Also known as Grey-backed Shearwater or New Zealand Shearwater. Migrates across north and south Pacific Ocean outside breeding season. Mainly feeds on squid, fish and crustaceans; sometimes follows ships as part of mixed species feeding flock. Breeding season starts in October and lasts nearly 6 months.

SOOTY SHEARWATER

Photographed on Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, February 2017

971               SOOTY SHEARWATER            Puffinus griseus

AUSTRALIA               703

Also known as New Zealand Muttonbird. 46-54 cm; wingspan c. 1 m. Predominantly a NZ species, breeding on many NZ islands and Macquarie Island; present off NSW, Vic and Tas., mostly Oct-Feb; WA s coast June-Oct. 

Photographed on second Eaglehawk Neck pelagic, Tasmania February 2017

FLUTTERING SHEARWATER

Photographed on Kiama Pelagic, June 2016

790            FLUTTERING SHEARWATER          Puffinus gavia

Australia         (634)

Commonest small white-breasted shearwater in se. Aust. 33-37 cm, wingspan c. 76 cm. Breeds Aug.-Dec. on many NZ offshore islands: migrate to coastal waters of se Aust. from se Q to Eyre Pen. (SA)

HUTTON'S SHEARWATER

Photographed on pelagic trip from Woollongong, February 2015

521         HUTTON'S SHEARWATER          Puffinus huttoni

Australia          (362)

36-38 cm, wingspan c. 78 cm. Breeds Sept-April in South Is. (NZ). Adults sedentary; young migrate to Aust. and extend to nw. WA and Torres Strait; many spend first two years in Aust. Present offshore se. Just. all months; in WA ranges n. to c. Dampier mostly April -Dec.

FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER

Photographed on pelagic trip out of Wollongong, February 2015.

518           FLESH-FOOTED SHEARWATER            Puffinus carneipes

Australia            (359)

Also known as Lord Howe Island Muttonbird. 40-46 cm, span c. 1.3 m. Breeds on Lord Howe Island and in s. WA in in Recherche Arch. and islands w. to C. Hamelin. Common Nov.-April from c. Bunbury (WA) to coastal SA; autumn-spring migrant on w. coast n. to c. Carnarvon (WA); in e. Aust. common n. NSW to se. Q in summer; in Q, offshore autumn-spring passage migrant. Rare Vic., Bass Strait and Tas. pacific birds migrate to n. and ne. Pacific, WA birds probably to n. Indian Ocean. Also breeds NZ and S. Atlantic.