Procellaria parkinsoni Photo Credit Terry Greene DOC What do you already know about us We are seabirds We spend most of our lives at sea What do you notice about these seabirds ID: 494419
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Black Petrels/ Tāiko Procellaria parkinsoni
Photo Credit: Terry Greene, DOCSlide2
What do you already know about us?Slide3
We are seabirds!Slide4
We spend most
of our
lives at sea Slide5
What do you notice about these seabirds?Slide6
How are
seabirds different to birds that live on land?Slide7
Black petrels migrate from New Zealand to South America
for the winterThey have to survive for weeks at a time at sea MigrationSlide8
Black petrels fly back from South America
to Northern New Zealand to breedBreeding Slide9
I find a mate in spring and make a burrow Slide10Slide11Slide12
What
Here I come!Slide13Slide14
It takes 107 days (3.5 months!) of feeding and growing until chicks are ready to fledge (leave the burrow
)Slide15
What
I’m pretty special!
I only breed in New Zealand!Slide16Slide17
1500
pairs125 pairsSlide18
What
What do you know about black petrels now?Slide19
Meet the Locals
Activity Two resources Slide20
What
What are some of my special features?Slide21