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  1. Ringed Storm-Petrel

    Ringed Storm-Petrel

    One of the most beautiful and unusual storm petrels, easily my favorite lifer from that day!
    • Thibaud
    • Media item
    • arequipa hydrobates hornbyi pelagic peru storm petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Markham's Storm-Petrel

    Markham's Storm-Petrel

    Of the four storm petrel species we saw that day, this was by far the least common, only making a couple of appearances.
    • Thibaud
    • Media item
    • arequipa hydrobates markhami pelagic peru storm petrel
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Azan Khan

    Seabirds ID Request - Pakistan

    Hi everyone, can anyone help me ID these seabirds? Posting it on behalf of a friend. The first bird is a jaeger which apparently looks like Parasitic/Arctic Jaeger to me based on the two pointed tail feathers but I'd still like to see a a response regarding its correct identity, preferably with...
    • Azan Khan
    • Thread
    • #seabirdsidpakistan arctic/parasitic - jaeger/skua bird id flesh-footed shearwater identification request karachi pakistan pelagic persian shearwater seabird
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
  4. Parkinson's Petrel

    Parkinson's Petrel

    A lovely petrel, which breeds on only two islands off New Zealand, and disperses to the waters of Central and northern South America after breeding.
    • Thibaud
    • Media item
    • parkinson's petrel pelagic peru petrel piura procellaria parkinsoni
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  5. T

    White-chinned/Parkinson's Petrels, nw Peru, saturday

    Hi everybody, I went on a little pelagic outing off the coast of Piura, in northwestern Peru last saturday, and Procellaria Petrels were some of the most common birds around. Many were clearly White-chinned, with a fully pale bill tip, and very rarely a visible white chin (see photos 1-3)...
  6. Black-bellied Storm Petrel

    Black-bellied Storm Petrel

    Black Bellied Storm Petrel taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • black bellied storm petrel cape town fregetta tropica pelagic south africa storm petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  7. Great Shearwater

    Great Shearwater

    Great Shearwater taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • ardenna gravis cape town great shearwater pelagic south africa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Africa
  8. White Chinned Petrel

    White Chinned Petrel

    White Chinned Petrel taken on a pelagic off Cape Town
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • cape town pelagic procellaria aequinoctialis south africa white chinned petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  9. Shy Albatross with fish

    Shy Albatross with fish

    Taken on a pelagic off Cape Town to the trawling grounds. This shy albatross has grabbed some breakfast as the trawler pulled in its nets.
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross cape town pelagic shy albatross south africa thalassarche cauta
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Africa
  10. Wandering Albatross

    Wandering Albatross

    Taken off Cape Town on a Pelagic
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross cape town diomedea exulans pelagic wandering albatross
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  11. Atlantic Yellow Nosed Albatross

    Atlantic Yellow Nosed Albatross

    Taken on a Pelagic off Cape Town, South Africa
    • WickWelsh
    • Media item
    • albatross atlantic yellow nosed albatross cape town flight pelagic thalassarche chlororhynchos
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Africa
  12. Guadalupe Murrelet

    Guadalupe Murrelet

    Guadalupe Murrelet, former subspecies of Xantus's Murrelet. Found on Shearwater Journeys pelagic Sept. 22 with Debi Shearwater off Half Moon Bay, CA.
    • jbyrdman67
    • Media item
    • california murrelet pelagic
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: North America
  13. White-faced storm petrel

    White-faced storm petrel

    Another storm petrel off the east coast of the north island N.Z. Capturing the walking is always a thrill.
    • ruby99
    • Media item
    • new zealand pelagic storm petrel white-faced storm petrel
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  14. New Zealand Storm Petrel

    New Zealand Storm Petrel

    On a pelagic in Hauraki Gulf we were lucky enough to get looks at the New Zealand Storm Petrel. With a lot of panning I finally got a shot that showed its markings fairly well. Much faster in flight then White faced petrels or so it seemed as I panned on it.
    • ruby99
    • Media item
    • endemic fregetta maoriana hauraki guld ked new zealand storm petrel pelagic storm petrel
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: New Zealand, Southern Oceans, Antarctica
  15. Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

    Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)

    Masked Booby about to dive into the Pacific Ocean off the west coast of South America
    • RAY64
    • Media item
    • booby pelagic
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Herring Gull, 3rd Winter

    Herring Gull, 3rd Winter

    A 3rd winter Herring Gull in flight over the Atlantic Ocean.
    • BirderProject
    • Media item
    • catchlight flying gull pelagic
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Zeiss Competition (Closed)
  17. Peruvian Pelicans at sea

    Peruvian Pelicans at sea

    This is one more photo from a pelagic where I got seasick, and the photo is by my wife. The fishingboat staff were cleaning, and every once in a while something went overboard for the pelicans and others to fight over.
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • central chile pelagic pelecanus thagus
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. Royal Albatross, northern

    Royal Albatross, northern

    Actually, it was my wife who took this photo, but she has allowed me to upload it here. This is a bird of subspecies sanfordi. I challenge everyone to id all the birds at the distance ;)
    • njlarsen
    • Media item
    • northern royal albatross diomedea sanfordi off shore in central chile pelagic
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  19. Northern Giant Petrel

    Northern Giant Petrel

    • jonlowes
    • Media item
    • 1kf at sea off the cape canon 400d with 100-400 is lens macronectes halli pelagic south africa
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Africa
  20. Indian Yellow-nsed Albatross

    Indian Yellow-nsed Albatross

    Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross, Woollongong, Australia, August 2008. Dr Kevin Elsby. More photos available on my website:- http://www.wildlifeontheweb.co.uk
    • birder
    • Media item
    • albatross australia flight pelagic thalassarche carteri woollongong
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
  21. Pelagic Cormorant

    Pelagic Cormorant

    Double-crested Cormorants are common in my area. I had to take a trip from south Puget Sound out to the Olympic Peninsula to find this Pelagic. I love the sheen of his feathers.
    • daviddilworth
    • Media item
    • cormorant pelagic urile pelagicus
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: North America
  22. Pelagic Cormorant

    Pelagic Cormorant

    Pelagic cormorant taking flight out of the surf of the coast of Northen California
    • harnser
    • Media item
    • california cormorant flight pelagic surf urile pelagicus
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
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