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| Procellaria westlandica |
Falla, 1946 |
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Family: petrels, shearwaters |
Order: Procellariiformes |
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Westland petrel |
Puffin du Westland |
Pardela de Westland |
Westlandsturmvogel |
At close of breeding season birds migrate E of New Zealand into C Pacific, some reaching W South America;
young birds may spend up to 10 years in zone of Humboldt Current. Small numbers cross Tasman Sea to E
Australia; perhaps mainly young birds. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1992) - www.hbw.com,
- Copyright: GROMS/BfN -
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(A digitised version of this map is published in GIS shape format on the GROMS CD).
| Regions: Oceania, South America |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel) |