Seabirds around fishing vessels

Antarctic petrel

Thalassoica antarctica

The Antarctic petrel only breeds in the Antarctic region but it can be occasionally seen in New Zealand waters, mainly during winter. It may be confused with Cape petrels at sea, and some misidentifications are possible.

Thalassoica antarctica
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Mean number of Antarctic petrel recorded around fishing vessels during counts carried out by government observers, binned to 0.4 degree of longitude and latitude. The size of the circle indicates the number of observations, whereas the colour indicates the mean number of birds recorded during counts. Empty circles indicate that no birds were observed. The grey areas indicate water depths of less than 1000 m.

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