NEW ZEALAND's BIRDS
Sooty Shearwater
Puffinus griseus
(Photo: Dennis Buurman)
Breeding areas
Islands off NZ especially islands off Stewart I; Chatham, Antipodes, Auckland, Snares, Campbell, Solander and Macquarie Is; islands off Chile and Cape Horn; Falkland Is; islands off Tasmania and New South Wales.
Breeding season
September to May
Dispersal migration
Winters in northern, south-eastern and south-western Pacific.
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