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Fairy Prion (Titi Wainui)

Species: Pachyptila turtur

Breeding areas
Islands off North, South and Stewart Is; Chatham Is; Antipodes Is; The Snares; islands off SE Australia; Crozet and Kerguelen Is; Falkland Is
Breeding season
August to February
Dispersal migration
Abundant in offshore subtropical waters from North Cape to Foveaux Strait. Other populations throughout subantarctic zone.

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