Tuatara: Volume 21, Issues 1 and 2 (New Zealand Albatrosses and Petrels: an Identification Guide)

Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters and Diving Petrels

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Fulmars, Petrels, Shearwaters and Diving Petrels

A. Entirely or mostly dark; large or medium in size.
a. Underwing entirely dark.	• Bill pale.
12. White-chinned Petrel	Pl. 7
13. Westland Black Petrel	Pl. 7
14. Black Petrel	Pl. 7
15. Flesh-footed Shearwater	Pl. 7
• Bill dark.
16. Grey-faced Petrel	Pl. 9
17. Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Pl. 8
18. Short-tailed Shearwater	Pl. 8
19. Kerguelen Petrel	Pl. 8
b. Underwing with some white.
20. Sooty Shearwater	Pl. 8
21. Bird of Providence	Pl. 9
27. Kermadec Petrel (dark phase)	Pl. 9
B. Mainly dark above and white below. Large, medium, or small in size.
a. Large in size.
• Chocolate brown and white above.
22. Antarctic Petrel	Pl. 10
• Dark grey above. Underwing dark.
23. Grey Petrel	Pl 11
• Patterned brown and grey above.
24. Buller's Shearwater	Pl. 14
• Light grey above; pale head.
Underwing dark.
25. White-headed Petrel	Pl. 11
Underwing white.
26. Antarctic Fulmar	Pl. 10
• Medium grey, or brown above.
Underwing mainly dark; no white nape collar.
27. Kermadec Petrel (light phase)	Pl. 12
Underwing mainly white; white nape collar.
28. Black-capped Petrel	Pl. 12
b. Medium to small in size.
• Chequered black and white above, underwing white.
29. Cape Pigeon	Pl. 10
• Brown or black above; underwing mainly white.
30. Fluttering Shearwater	Pl. 13
31. Hutton's Shearwater	Pl. 13
32. Little Shearwater	Pl. 13
33. Diving Petrel	Pl. 14page 15
• Variably grey above; underwing patterned.
Underwing mostly white; belly white.
34. Cook's Petrel	Pl. 15
35. Pycroft's Petrel	Pl. 15
36. Gould's Petrel	Pl. 15
Underwing conspicuously patterned; belly whit
37. Chatham Island Petrel	Pl. 16
38. Black-winged Petrel	Pl. 15
Underwing conspicuously patterned; belly dark.
39. Mottled Petrel	Pl. 16
Underwing entirely dark; belly white.
40. Soft-plumaged Petrel	Pl. 16
• Greyish blue above; underwing white.
Tail tip white.
41. Blue Petrel	Pl. 17
Tail tip black; dark ‘M’ pattern above.
42-47. Prions	Pl. 17
C. Entirely white.
48. Snow Petrel	Fig. 16