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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