High altitude New Zealand record for a long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longidaudus).

At 1146 h (NZST) on 5 Nov 2010, an in-bound passenger aircraft to Auckland Airport collided with a bird at an altitude of 4084 m. The aircraft’s position at the time of impact was recorded as 40 NM northeast of Auckland Airport, placing the location above the northern Coromandel Peninsula (Fig. 1; p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Galbraith, Mel, Tennyson, Alan, Shepherd, L.D., Robinson, Peter
Other Authors: Unitec Institute of Technology, Te Papa (Museum), Auckland International Airport
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Ornithological Society of New Zealand Inc. 2013
Subjects:
long-tailed skua (Stercorarius longidaudus)
high altitude
050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management
New Zealand
Long-tailed Skua
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10652/2637
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Summary:At 1146 h (NZST) on 5 Nov 2010, an in-bound passenger aircraft to Auckland Airport collided with a bird at an altitude of 4084 m. The aircraft’s position at the time of impact was recorded as 40 NM northeast of Auckland Airport, placing the location above the northern Coromandel Peninsula (Fig. 1; pilot incident report received, but commercial sensitivity prevents publication of precise flight details). Sufficient tissue of the bird was retrieved after the aircraft landed to allow for identification.

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