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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Birdfinding.info \u21d2<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Common throughout New Zealand waters from October to May\u2014when it is locally abundant near its colonies on the Poor Knights Islands.\u00a0 Also regularly seen on pelagic trips out of southeastern Australian ports, such as Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania.\u00a0 Readily found in Japanese waters during June and July, and on pelagic trips out of West Coast ports from British Columbia to California mainly between late August and mid-October.\u00a0 Uncommon but regular in Hawaii from March to October.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Ardenna bulleri<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Family: Procellariidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Breeds on the Poor Knights Islands of New Zealand, and ranges nearly throughout the Pacific Ocean.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t \u00a9 Xeno-Canto 2021<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Breeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Breeds from October to May, nesting in burrows in colonies on the main Poor Knights, Aorangi and Tawhiti Rahi, and also on five small adjacent islets.\u00a0 Attends nocturnally.<\/p> During the breeding season it forages throughout New Zealand waters and east to the Chatham Islands and beyond.<\/p> Nonbreeding.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 Outside the breeding season, most Buller\u2019s Shearwaters take a coordinated tour of the Pacific Ocean, traveling in tight, sociable flocks.<\/p> From March to May, most of the population migrates east to the south-central and southeastern Pacific, then northwest through the central Pacific to the waters east of Japan, where most remain until July to molt.\u00a0 A small portion of the post-breeding migrants go straight to the northeastern Pacific and molt in North American instead of Japanese waters.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t In August the bulk of the population heads east across the North Pacific, with some portion arriving in the Gulf of Alaska and others at the latitudes of British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.<\/p> In September and October the bulk shifts to California waters then departs southwest to New Zealand.\u00a0 A small portion of the population instead migrates southeast to the Humboldt Current off of Peru and Chile.<\/p> A few stragglers (presumably first-year birds) remain in the North Pacific during the breeding season, so it occurs there at least in small numbers year-round.<\/p> There is a single, extraordinary record from the North Atlantic Ocean: an individual seen and photographed by many observers on a pelagic trip 30 miles east-southeast of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, on October 28, 1984.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwaters in colony.\u00a0 (Aorangi Island, Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand; December 2011.) \u00a0\u00a9 Alan Tennyson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p> A medium-large, long-tailed, broad-winged, boldly patterned shearwater.<\/p> The upperparts are several shades of gray with a pronounced dark \u201cM\u201d pattern accentuated by pale shoulders and secondary panels.<\/p> The back and rump are pale- to medium-gray.\u00a0 The tail is black, and the crown and nape are dark-gray or blackish.<\/p> The underparts are all-white, except that the tail is black and the wings have thin blackish borders.<\/p> The bill is mostly pale-gray with a blackish tip, and the legs and feet are a variable mixture of pink and gray.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater, showing characteristically bold upperparts pattern.\u00a0 (Offshore from Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, Australia; February 3, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Robert Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand; January 2013.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brian Anderson<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater, showing characteristically bold upperparts pattern.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; October 21, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Ilya Povalyaev<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater, showing characteristically bold upperparts pattern.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 David M. Bell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand; December 12, 2020.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Oscar Thomas<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore east of Stephensons Island, North Island, New Zealand; December 2012.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Phil Palmer<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand; February 5, 2014.) \u00a0\u00a9 chrisc<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore north of North Island, New Zealand; March 17, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 3, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 John D. Reynolds<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Monterey, California; August 27, 2017.) \u00a0\u00a9 Brian Sullivan<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand; March 14, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand; January 2014.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Alexander Viduetsky<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 David M. Bell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 David M. Bell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 David M. Bell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand; December 6, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brendan Klick<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; October 21, 2018.) \u00a0\u00a9 Blair Dudeck<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore north of North Island, New Zealand; March 17, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Hiroyuki & Shoko Tanoi<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Bodega Bay, California; August 25, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Darren Clark<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Westport, Washington; September 29, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 Darren Clark<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Tofino, British Columbia; September 7, 2019.) \u00a0\u00a9 David M. Bell<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from San Diego, California; June 14, 2015.) \u00a0\u00a9 B.J. Stacey<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Buller\u2019s Shearwater.\u00a0 (Offshore from Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand; December 6, 2015.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Brendan Klick<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"http:\/\/seabirding-japan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Bullers-Shearwater_171126Whitianga_2826.jpg\")
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