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	Oceanwings - Albatross Encounters, Kaikoura, New Zealand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Since grey petrels can dive so deep and they are attracted to food scraps around fishing boats, their is some concern about the number of grey petrels caught on baited fish hooks, especially in the southern blue-fin tuna fishery.
		The population of Westland petrels has trebled in the last three decades, possibly due to the food scraps available to the birds from the hoki fishery on the West Coast.
		Most of the giant petrels seen off Kaikoura are dark phased birds and are immature with no colouration on the end of their bills (so that they can not be easily distinguished from the more common northern giant petrel).
	www.oceanwings.co.nz /albatross/petrel (1962 words)

	Petrels - Shearwaters, Procellaria and fulmarine petrels - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		Petrels in the genus Procellaria are heavy-set birds that feed at the surface or make shallow dives.
		The Westland petrel and white-chinned petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis) are the largest burrow-nesting species.
		Fulmarine petrels typically live at high latitudes, but two species, the northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli) and the Cape pigeon, are commonly seen around much of New Zealand.
	www.teara.govt.nz /EarthSeaAndSky/BirdsOfSeaAndShore/Petrels/3/en (554 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- Westland Petrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Palliser notes that Westland Petrels (June and September) have a very dark bill tip with the ungues almost entirely fl.
		In his experience, Black Petrels have slightly less fl on the tip and in White-chinned Petrel the bill tip is generally pale although some might have a slight dusky tone.
		In particular, the latericorn of Westland Petrels is noticeably wider than that of White-chins.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /WestPet.html (218 words)

	Eric Preston Photography - Parkinson's Petrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Westland Petrel, which also breeds on New Zealand, is a much larger bird.
		Westland Petrel is the size of White-chinned Petrel, which is a circumpolar southern ocean breeder.
		White-chinned Petrel almost always has an ivory-colored tip to the bill, where Parkinson's and Westland almost always have a dusky to very dark bill tip.
	www.ericwpreston.com /ParkinsonsPetrel_Cordell_2.html (203 words)

	Annotated List of the Seabirds of the World -- (Parkinson's) Black Petrel
		A medium-sized, stocky, uniformly dark petrel that is very similar to both Westland Petrel and White-chinned Petrel.
		Flight said to be less laboured than Westland or White-chinned Petrels but this subjective criteria is likely to be of limited use in a field situation.
		Separation between the two is more tricky and the features to be looked for include the extent of the dusky tip and the height of the maxillary unguis compared to the height of the culminicorn.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /ParkBlkPet.html (446 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- June 1996, week 2 (#77)
		The bills are also different with Westlands they have a solid fl line down the culmen ridge, more extensive fl on the unguis, particularly the maxilliary unguis and a darker line down the cutting edge.
		Apparently the mystery petrel was only somewhat larger than a Sooty Shearwater, supporting the ID as Parkinson's.
		Westland Black Petrel was not on anybody's expected list of future California birds as far as I know.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9606b&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=5735 (415 words)

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		Westland Petrel was also present and most abundant were the prions of which I could only find Fairy.
		Westland Petrel gave better views as from the ferry.
		Suprising were the many seabirds flying far at sea (the wind was to the land), with a Northern Giant Petrel and numbers of albatrosses (all of the 'Shy' type) in the tens.
	www.splatzone.nl /downsideup/hoofdstuk_eng.php?HSK_ID=28 (861 words)

	Freeman and Smith - Fisheries' waste in diet of Westland petrels
		Abstract Iso-electric focusing was used to identify fish tissue in Westland petrel (Procellaria westlandica) diet samples.
		Forty-five percent of the samples from Westland petrel stomachs produced clear protein banding patterns and more than half of these were identified as species common in fisheries' waste.
		Iso-electric focusing is a comparatively quick and inexpensive technique and is particularly useful for diet studies where flesh eaten is likely to be relatively undigested at the time of sampling.
	www.rsnz.org /publish/nzjmfr/1998/16.php (172 words)

	Sad end for a rare Petrel Photo \| TrekNature
		This is one of the rarest birds in the world,the Westland Black Petrel (Procellaria westlandica).
		The Westland Petrel is a large almost fl bird weighing around 1100g and about 46cm in body length.
		In breeding season it is seen mainly off the New Zealand coast,south of East Cape in the east and Taranaki in the west,but often ranges as far as Australia and South Pacific islands between December and March.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/Oceania/New_Zealand/photo22387.htm (346 words)

	Scoop: Quiet skies at Punakaiki deserve protection
		The Westland Petrel is the largest of the oceanic, burrow-nesting seabirds.
		The Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica The proposed landing pad is approximately half a kilometre from the only breeding area of the Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica.
		The Westland Petrel is a Category B seriously threatened species according to the Department of Conservation’s endangered species classification.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/SC0302/S00060.htm (1438 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The group consists of Fulmars, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels & Prions and a long list of petrel species ranging from the Snow Petrel in Antarctica to the Westland Petrel in New Zealand.
		UK conservation recently declared one historic breeding island predator free for the first time in over a century and such effort needs to be made in many other locations where man has thoughtlessly allowed domestic pets to run wild or accidentally introduced verminous rodents.
		Snow petrels are pure white birds with fl beaks and eyes.
	fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/procellariidae.html (1064 words)

	The Open Earth Project - Printer-friendly Page
		Its beak is ivory in colour with a fl tip and its feet are fl.
		Similar species - The fl petrel with which its range sometimes overlaps.
		The fl petrel is also a smaller bird with a more buoyant flight.
	www.open-earth.org /document/printNature_main.php?natureId=66 (136 words)

	Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae): Birds
		Parkinson's Petrel or Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) - Image.
		Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae) - Images and Classification.
		Westland Petrel (Procellaria westlandica) - Images and Sound.
	www.infochembio.ethz.ch /links/en/zool_voegel_eigentlsturmv.html (278 words)

	BIRDCHAT archives -- October 1996, week 4 (#145)
		The boat was stopped 29 NM from shore with numbers of Wandering Albatross of several races feeding right at the stern with over 30 Cape Petrels grabbing at the scraps.
		The onset of the summer season yielded higher numbers of shearwaters but 6 species of Albatross including Northern Royal and Grey-Headed and a few lingering Prions emphasised the changing of the seasons.
		Yet another Westland Petrel was recorded but the views were brief.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9610d&L=birdchat&F=&S=&P=10865 (263 words)

	Kiwi Wildlife Tours NZ \| Gallery
		One of the few petrels which still manages to breed on the mainland despite predation from introduced mammals.
		A winter breeder they breed in the forested foothills of the Paparoa Range in Westland.
		We see them on our pelagic cruises off Kaikoura, where this picture was taken and Punakaiki during the breeding season.
	www.kiwi-wildlife.co.nz /gallery.php?gid=28 (99 words)

	Kaikoura
		Westland Petrel are among the smallest of birds that are attracted by the food.
		They know how to withstand the bullying of the larger birds and get their pick.
		One of the most charming birds of all: Cape Petrel, very small among the albatrosses but not at all afraid.
	www.splatzone.nl /newzealand/kaikoura.htm (385 words)

	BirdForum - Seawatch Down-under
		It is the most known village on Banks Peninsula and offers trips to see or swim with Hectors Dolphins.
		On these trips birds as little blue penguin, Northern Giant petrel (Southern?), shearwaters are also possible.
		There is also a reserve nearby which has some nice endemic passerines also.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=51546 (2026 words)

	FONT Chile Previous Tour Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sooty Shearwaters, White-chinned Petrel, Peruvian Pelicans, and various gulls and terns were flying above the surface of the water.
		These would those such as the Westland Petrel, another species of albatross, a skua, or Little Shearwater.
		With the ocean swells as they were, we could not go further west to a "belt" where we might have gotten the pterodromas, the Masatierra (or DeFilippi's) Petrel or the Juan Fernandez Petrel.
	www.focusonnature.com /ChileTourHighlights.htm (4866 words)

	Petrel Information
		There are 50 informational link matches for 'Petrel'.
		USGS data sheet on Black-capped Petrel, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
		USGS data sheet on Mottled Petrel, including photographs, maps, taxonomy, identification tips, and life history information.
	www.junglewalk.com /info/Petrel-information.htm (366 words)

	BirdForum - Giant Petrel ID (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Should be Southern Giant petrel, due to dark iris and not reddish, but greenish-yellow bill tip...but I will check if I remember this right.
		Agree with the others, left bird appears to be a Northern if that is a red tip to the bill.
		The small petrel I think is Westland Petrel.
	www.birdforum.net /archive/index.php/t-49299 (146 words)

	Wrybill Birding Tours, NZ: Trip reports - Cook Strait and Oceanwings Pelagic - 20-27 April 2002
		Fairy Prion 1(there had been loads a week ago?)
		Westland Petrel 40+ (all those that were close enough were Westlands, but some may have been White-chinned)
		Again no Giant Petrels, and on this crossing just one Albatross/Molly
	www.wrybill-tours.com /tripreports/020420.htm (188 words)

	Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Westland Petrel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Mangoverde World Bird Guide Species Page: Westland Petrel
		World Bird Guide :: Shearwaters and Petrels :: Westland Petrel
		Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors
	www.mangoverde.com /birdsound/spec/spec11-51.html (58 words)

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