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Regarding Kakariki

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These species, recorded by early European explorers, are now sadly extinct, but the disjunct distribution is something of a mystery. My first complaint about Forshaw’s treatment of the kakariki is taxonomic.

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Petrel Paradise

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These terns are generally subtropical birds of the Pacific (I’ve seen them before in Tonga) and reach the extreme south of their range in northern New Zealand. Grey Noddy ( Procelsterna albivitta ) The remaining time on the trip mostly produced more of the same (not to imply that was a bad thing).