Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds

by Parkinson, Brian

• ISBN13: 9781877246326
• ISBN10: 1877246328
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Perseus Distribution Services

Summary

Fully three-quarters of the world's albatrosses, penguins, and petrels and half the shearwaters and shags, along with numerous representatives of other groups of birds, are to be found off the extensive coastline of New Zealand and its many inshore and offshore islands. This up-to-date new book provides birdwatchers with ready identification of and information on the many species likely to be encountered. Fifteen seabird groups are covered, with more than 100 photographs and maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction
New Zealand: a centre of seabird activity	p. 6
Seabirds and people	p. 7
Birdwatching protocol	p. 9
Geography	p. 9
Topography of a seabird	p. 10
Taxonomy	p. 11
Map of the New Zealand region	p. 12
Checklist of species and locality guide	p. 13
Guide to Species
Albatrosses	p. 20
Mollymawks	p. 24
Sooty albatrosses	p. 34
Shearwaters	p. 38
Diving petrels	p. 46
Procellaria petrels	p. 48
Fulmarine petrels	p. 52
Giant petrels	p. 56
Prions	p. 58
Gadfly petrels	p. 64
Storm petrels	p. 76
Penguins	p. 82
Tropicbirds	p. 90
Gannets and Boobies	p. 92
Shags	p. 96
Frigatebirds	p. 108
Skuas	p. 110
Gulls	p. 114
Terns and Noddies	p. 116
Index	p. 132
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