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White-naped petrels, Macauley Island

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White-naped petrels, Macauley Island

Biologist Alan Tennyson is surrounded by white-naped petrels on Macauley Island in 1988. These distinctive birds are found in breeding colonies on the higher slopes.

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Simon Nathan, Kermadec Islands – Plants and animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/37430/white-naped-petrels-macauley-island (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 28 November 2012.