Birding On My Own - Australia and New Zealand 2002
Emmalee Tarry
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Birds seen by Emmalee Tarry on 5 trips with Albatross Encounters
 
Great Albatrosses 6/25/- 6/26/2002
3 trips
11/26/2002 11/27/2002
Wandering
(3 former subspecies can be seen in NZ)
     
Wandering Albatross (Snowy)
Diomedea exulans
1    
Gibson's Albatross
Diomedea gibsoni
  3 1
Antipodean Albatross
Diomedea antipodensis
x   2
Royal      
Northern Royal Albatross
Diomedea sanfordi
x 1 1
Southern Royal Albatross
Diomedea epomophora
x    
Mollymawks      
Black-browed Albatross
Thalassarche melanophrys
x    
New Zealand White-capped Albatross
Thalassarche steadi
(subspecies of Shy)
x 1 2
Salvin's Albatross
Thalassarche salvini
(subspecies of Shy)
x 6 6
Chatham Island Albatross
Thalassarche eremita
(subspecies of Shy)
     
Buller's Albatross
Thalassarche bulleri
x    
Grey-headed Albatross
Thalassarche chrysostoma
     
Petrels      
Northern Giant Petrel
Macronectes halli
x 5 6
Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus
    1
Westland Petrel
Procellaria westlandica
x x x
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
  x x
Southern Cape Pigeon *
Daption capense capense  1
    1
Snares Cape Pigeon
Daption capenses australe 1
x x x
Common Diving Petrel
Pelecanoides urinatrix
x    
Grey Petrel
Procellaria cinerea
    x
Prions      
Fairy Prion x    
Shearwaters      
Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni
x x x
Buller's Shearwater
Puffinus bulleri
     
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Puffinus carneipes
  x x
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
     
Short-tailed Shearwater
Puffinus tenuirostris
  x x
Fluttering Shearwater
Puffinus gravia
x    
Fulmar      
Antarctic Fulmar      
Shags      
Pied Shag x    
Spotted Shag x    
Little Shag x x  
Skuas      
Arctic Skua
Stercorrarius parasiticus
     
Terns      
White-fronted Tern x x x
Black-fronted Tern x    
Gulls      
Black-backed Gull x x x
Red-billed Gull x x x
Gannet      
Australian Gannet x    
Penguin      
Little Blue Penguin   2  
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
1. Two subspecies of Cape Pigeon are possible in NZ waters. The Snares has darkers wings and was the most common at Kaikoura. return
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