Species List
HALICAT BIRD LIST - 89 species sighted so far.
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| Birds ^ | |
|---|---|
| Tristram's Storm Petrel | Oceanodroma 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 |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans |
| Antipodean Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis |
| Gibson's Albatross | Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora |
| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris |
| Campbell Albatross | Thalassarche impavida |
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta |
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini |
| Grey-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri |
| Light-mantled 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 |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis |
| 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 |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera |
| Grey-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi |
| 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 |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula |
| 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 Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus |
| Arctic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus |
| Common Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus |
| Grey Noddy | Procelsterna cerulea |
| White Tern | Gygis alba |
| 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 |
| Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae |
| Ceteceans - Whales ^ | |
|---|---|
| Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae |
| Southern Right Whale | Eubalaena australis |
| Dwarf Minke Whale | Balaenoptera acuturostrata |
| Antarctic Minke Whale | Balaenoptera bonaerensis |
| Sei Whale | Balaenoptera borealis |
| Fin Whale | Balaenoptera physalus |
| Bryde’s Whale | Balaenoptera edeni |
| Sperm Whale | Physeter acrocephalus |
| Pygmy Blue Whale | Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda |
| Killer Whale | Orcinus orca |
| False Killer Whale | Pseudorca crassidens |
| Long Finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala melas |
| Short Finned Pilot Whale | Globicephala macrorhyncus |
| Pygmy Killer Whale | Feresa attenuata |
| Strap-toothed Whale | Mesoplodon layardii |
| Melon-headed Whale | Peponocephala electra |
| Ceteceans - Dolphins ^ | |
|---|---|
| Short-beaked Common Dolphin | Delphinus delphis |
| Indo-Pacific (inshore) Bottlenose Dolphin | Tursiops aduncas |
| Oceanic (offshore) Bottlenose Dolphin | Tursiops truncatus |
| Risso’s Dolphin | Grampus griseus |
| Pantropical Spotted Dolphin | Stenella attenuata |
| Long-snouted Spinner Dolphin | Stenella longirostris |
| Striped Dolphin | Stenella coeruleoalba |
| Fraser's Dolphin | Lagenodelphis hosei |
| Pinnipeds ^ | |
|---|---|
| Australian Fur Seal | Arctocephalus pusillus |
| New Zealand Fur Seal | Arctocephalus forsteri |
| Sharks ^ | |
|---|---|
| Oceanic White-tipped Shark | |
| Blue Shark | |
| Mako Shark | |
| Hammerhead Shark | |
| Scalloped Hammerhead Shark | |
| Tiger Shark | |
| White Shark | |
| Rays ^ | |
|---|---|
| Manta | |
| Southern Eagle Ray | |
| Fishes ^ | |
|---|---|
| Marlin | |
| Dolphin Fish | |
| Yellowfin Tuna | |
| Albacore | |
| Southern Ocean Sunfish | Mola ramsayi |
| Ocean Sunfish | Mola mola |
| Flying fish | |
| Turtles ^ | |
|---|---|
| Green Sea Turtle | |