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Kōrero: Petrels

Crevice nesters

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Crevice nesters

Some petrels, like these fulmar prions on the Bounty Islands nest in crevices. Such sites provide shelter from the weather and from predatory skuas and gulls. Generally only the largest petrels – giant petrels and albatrosses – nest in the open, although smaller ones sometimes settle for cliff ledges that offer partial protection.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10031693

by M. J. Williams

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Kerry-Jayne Wilson, Petrels – Breeding, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8575/crevice-nesters (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerry-Jayne Wilson, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.