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 |