• Saturday 25 October 2008 Species list SOSSA PELAGIC TRIP, WOLLONGONG, NSW, AUSTRALIA.

    Birds seen outside the harbour on the SOSSA Pelagic 25 October 2008

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

    Information provided by Graham Barwell

    Wilson’s Storm-Petrel - c. 10
    White-faced Storm-Petrel - 1
    Wandering Albatross - c. 10
    Black-browed Albatross - many
    Shy Albatross - many
    Northern Giant-Petrel - 1
    Fairy Prion - 2
    Wedge-tailed Shearwater - many
    Short-tailed Shearwater - many
    Fluttering Shearwater - c. 5
    Hutton’s Shearwater - c. 5
    Grey-faced Petrel - many
    Providence Petrel - many
    Little Penguin - c. 5
    Australasian Gannet - many
    Australian Pelican - 5
    Brown Skua - 1
    Pomarine Jaeger - 2+
    Common Tern - 1
    Arctic Tern - 1
    Crested Tern - many
    Silver Gull - many

    22 species
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