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Home  >> Birds of New Zealand >> Westland Petrel

Westland Petrel

Species: Procellaria westlandica Falla

Breeding areas
West Coast of South I south from Punakaiki River
Breeding season
Mid February to December
Dispersal migration
Ranges over continental shelf waters between Cape Egmont and Foveaux Strait to the west, and between East Cape and Banks Peninsula to the east during the breeding season. From December to March. Whereabouts unknown.

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