• Saturday 22 July 2006 Species list SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    Birds seen outside the harbour on the SOSSA Pelagic 22 July 2006

    Christidis & Boles 2008 Taxonomy; numbers represented max. seen at any one time or maximum seen over the day.

    Information provided by Graham Barwell

    Wandering Albatross - many races gibsoni/antipodensis & dabbenena
    Black-browed Albatross - many
    Shy Albatross - 2
    Grey-headed Albatross - 1
    Yellow-nosed Albatross - many
    Buller’s Albatross - 1
    Southern Giant-Petrel - 1
    Northern Giant-Petrel - 1
    Cape Petrel - 5
    Fairy Prion - many
    Fluttering Shearwater - many
    Hutton’s Shearwater - 1
    Great-winged Petrel - 1
    Providence Petrel - 2
    Little Penguin - 1
    Australasian Gannet - many
    Australian Pelican - 2
    Brown Skua - 3
    White-fronted Tern - 1
    Arctic Tern - 4
    Crested Tern - many
    Kelp Gull - 2
    Silver Gull - many

    23 species

    Sooty Oystercatcher - 1
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