NEW ZEALAND's BIRDS

White-faced Storm Petrel

Pelagodroma marina

(Photo: Hadoram Shirihai)

Breeding areas
Temperate and subtropical Atlantic and around Australia & New Zealand. Hauraki Gulf (Mokohinaus, Poor Knights, Noises), Bay of Plenty, Motunau Is, around Stewart Island and Chathams
Breeding season
September/October to early March in the Hauraki Gulf
Dispersal migration
Pacific Ocean


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