Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1988, and a review of Puffinus species recoveries

ABSTRACT In 1991, 4780 km of coast of New Zealand were patrolled and 6955 dead seabirds were found as pan of the Beach Patrol Scheme. An unusual find was a Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon mbricauda), and more than usual were found of the Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica), White-headed Petrel...

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Main Authors: R G Powlesland, M H Powlesland
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1992
Subjects:
Antarctic
New Zealand
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Antarctic Petrel
Antarctica
Brown Skua
Catharacta skua
Thalassoica antarctica
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1061.5016
http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/system/files/Notornis_40_4_233.pdf
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Summary:ABSTRACT In 1991, 4780 km of coast of New Zealand were patrolled and 6955 dead seabirds were found as pan of the Beach Patrol Scheme. An unusual find was a Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon mbricauda), and more than usual were found of the Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica), White-headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessoniz), Little Black Shag (Phalacrocorax sulcirosnis) and Brown Skua (Catharacta skua Ionnberp). A summary is given of the coastal and monthly distributions of Moms and Sula species found during the 1943-1991 period. Overall, 5637 Australasian Gannets (Moms serrator) were found, mainly on beaches of the northern half of the Nonh Island. The peak period of adult recoveries was in December-February, but that of juveniles was in February-May. Both the Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) and the Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra) are vagrants to the New Zealand mainland, with four and one individuals respectively having been found by patrollers.

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