Australasian Birds

Procellariidae : Petrels & Shearwaters

Little Shearwater

Puffinus assimilis

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

The New Zealand race, haurakiensis, is larger and darker than the races encountered in the North Atlantic, with many lacking the diagnostic white around the eye. They are also have more dark markings on the underwings.

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005