Tītī wainui – Fairy Prion

Tītī wainui/Fairy Prion showing the dorsal wing pattern

Tītī wainui/Fairy Prion are dove sized pelagic seabirds can can occur in huge flocks around krill and fish work-ups through the summer. They breed on the Poor Knights islands (the largest of these being Tawhiti Rahi and Aorangi), a number of other islands around Aotearoa/New Zealand and a site of the Otago coast.

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