SYDNEY PELAGICS
OCEANIC NATURE WATCH ADVENTURE
an experience not to be missed
The pelagic waters off Sydney abound with seabirds & cetaceans .
Over 60 seabird varieties & numerous mammals recorded in Sydney's Pelagic region.
Sydney Pelagic Tours are suited to avid bird watchers & general nature lovers alike.
Just envisage the majestic endangered Wandering Albatross, King of Seabirds, with a 3 metre plus wingspan circling above beside the tiny elegant Wilson’s storm petrel.
Bottlenose Dolphins, Risso Dolphins, Humpback Whales, Minke Whales, Pilot Whales and enormous Southern Right Whales cruise alongside False Killer Whales, Blue Whales and Sperm Whales.
Venture out to the Pelagic waters off the continental shelf, where land is just a speck in the distance, to see these magnificent creatures in their natural environment.
HALICAT SYDNEY PELAGIC TOURS
Scheduled Full Day Tours 7am - 3pm
2nd Saturday of each month.
Morning Tea included
$120 Adults $110 Students, Pensioners & Seniors $100 children (over 12yrs)
Group bookings for up to 40 passengers available- special rates apply
call Hal on 0411 311 236
Book Online here
or visit www.halicat.com.au
Birding around Sydney -
guided land based tours to the northern & southern beach areas Centennial Park ,
Botanical Gardens, Royal National Park ( 300 + species) , Cumberland , Cattai ,
Colo , Windsor areas also available .
Please enquire.
HALICAT BIRD LIST - 80 species sighted so far
Tristram's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates tristrami
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Grey-backed Storm-Petrel Garrodia nereis
White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina
Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta tropica
White-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria
Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans
Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
Grey-headed Albatross Thalassarche chrysostoma
Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos
Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
Light-mantled Sooty Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Cape Petrel Daption capense
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
Kerguelen Petrel Lugensa brevirostris
Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica
Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
Common Diving-Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
Australian Pelican Pelecanus conspicillatus
South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Common Noddy Anous stolidus
Black Noddy Anous minutus
White Tern Gygis alba
Grey Ternlet Procelsterna cerulea
Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscata
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
Pacific Gull Larus pacificus
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
HALICAT MAMMAL LISTING - Sightings
Whales ( cetaceans)
Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae
Southern Right Eubalaena australis
Minke dwarf Balaenoptera acuturostrata
Sperm Physeter acrocephalus
Pygmy Blue Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Killer Whale Orcinus orca
False Killer Whale Pseudorca crassidens
Melon Headed Whale Peponocephala electra
Long Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melas
Short Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhyncus
Pygmy Killer Whale Feresa attenuata
Small Cetaceans (Dolphins)
Common( short beaked) Delphinus delphis
Bottlenose Tursiops truncatus
Risso Grampus griseus
Pan Tropical Spotted Stenella attenuate
Pinnipeds
Australian Fur seal
New Zealand fur seal
Sharks Rays Fishes
Oceanic White Tip
Blue
Mako
Hammerhead
White
Manta
Marlin
Dolphin Fish
Yellowfin Tuna
Albacore
Sunfish
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