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Rediscovery of the New Zealand storm petrel (Pealeornis maoriana Mathews 1932): two sightings that revised our knowledge of storm petrels

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    2008

  • Author(s)

    B.M. Stephenson; R. Flood; B. Thomas; S. Saville

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    55, 2

  • Pagination

    77-83

  • Article Type

    Paper

Keywords

extinct bird; New Zealand storm petrel; Oceanites maorianus; Pealeornis maoriana; seabird rediscovery


Rediscovery of the New Zealand storm petrel (Pealeornis maoriana Mathews 1932): two sightings that revised our knowledge of storm petrels

Notornis, 55 (2), 77-83

B.M. Stephenson; R. Flood; B. Thomas; S. Saville (2008)

Article Type: Paper

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A small black-and-white storm petrel seen off Whitianga, New Zealand, in Jan 2003 was tentatively identified as a New Zealand storm petrel (Pealeornis maoriana). A further sighting in the Hauraki Gulf in Nov 2003 of multiple birds identified as New Zealand storm petrels led to the realisation that the species was both extant and apparently locally common. Prior to these sightings this enigmatic seabird was known only from 3 specimens collected in the 1800s, and unreported since. This paper reviews these 2 sightings that constitute the rediscovery of an