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Hutton's Shearwater
Puffinus huttoni Mathews, 1912
Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Hutton's Shearwater, Puffinus huttoni, breeds in montane areas of the South Island of New Zealand and ranges north-west to Australian waters outside the breeding season. It is a Procellariidae seabird, first described by Mathews in 1912. Its breeding sites are in the Seaward Kaikōura Range, and it is the only seabird known to nest in alpine areas. Two breeding colonies remain, while six others were lost after introduced pigs destroyed them.
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- Family
- Procellariidae — Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
- Breeding range
- Pacific Ocean: montane ne South I. (New Zealand)
- Nonbreeding range
- to nw Australian waters
