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Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1994

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    1996

  • Author(s)

    G.A. Taylor

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    43, 4

  • Pagination

    187-196

  • Article Type

    Paper

  • DOI

    https://doi.org/10.63172/493898pxwmbr

Keywords

Newell's shearwater; Puffinus newelli; seabird mortality


Seabirds found dead on New Zealand beaches in 1994

Notornis, 43 (4), 187-196

G.A. Taylor (1996)

Article Type: Paper

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During 1994, participants in the Beach Patrol Scheme patrolled 3253 km of the New Zealand coastline. 5477 dead seabirds of 55 species, plus 121 individuals of 25 non-seabird species were found. Unusual finds were the first New Zealand record of a Newell’s shearwater (Puffinus newelli), one soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) and one eastern little tern (Sterna albifrons sinensis). Large numbers of Kerguelen petrels (Lugensa brevirostris), flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) and Buller’s mollymawks (Diomedea bulleri) were beach-cast in 1994. Fisheries-related mortality was identified for some seabirds found on beach patrols.