1. A New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana off Gau Island, Fiji, in May 2017
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Angus C. Wilson and Robert L. Flood
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0106 biological sciences ,biology ,Range (biology) ,Storm ,Pelagic zone ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Tropical waters ,Fregetta maoriana ,010605 ornithology ,New Zealand storm petrel ,Critically endangered ,Geography ,Oceanography ,Biological dispersal ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Summary. We document a sighting of the Critically Endangered New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana made during a pelagic expedition in May 2017 off Gau Island, Fiji. This is the first confirmed record of this recently rediscovered species away from New Zealand, and provides evidence of long-distance dispersal by failed or non-breeders to tropical waters. It expands the known range by c.2,000 km north. Identification necessitated a thorough review of the ‘streaked storm petrels’ of the Pacific Ocean and this is summarised.
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- 2017
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