Bird AlbumNew Zealand · Northland Region
Poor Knights Shelf Area
82 species and 8,921 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–December, with up to 39 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cook's PetrelPterodroma cookii
Buller's ShearwaterArdenna bulleri
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
New Zealand Storm PetrelFregetta maoriana
Little ShearwaterPuffinus assimilis
Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
Pycroft's PetrelPterodroma pycrofti
Australasian GannetMorus serrator
Shy AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
Grey-faced PetrelPterodroma gouldi
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salvini35 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 82 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tutukaka To Poor Knights28 km63 species
- Whangarei – Vinegar Lake59 km55 species
- Waipu Wildlife Refuge71 km99 species
- Hauraki Gulf Pelagic76 km83 species
All 82 species recorded here
- Cook's Petrel Pterodroma cookii
- New Zealand Storm Petrel Fregetta maoriana
- Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
- Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
- Fairy Prion Pachyptila turtur
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni
- White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina
- Shy Albatross Thalassarche cauta
- Grey-faced Petrel Pterodroma gouldi
- Little Shearwater Puffinus assimilis
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Pycroft's Petrel Pterodroma pycrofti
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Common Diving Petrel Pelecanoides urinatrix
- Black-browed Albatross Thalassarche melanophris
- Antipodean Albatross Diomedea antipodensis
- Northern Giant Petrel Macronectes halli
- Salvin's Albatross Thalassarche salvini
- Fluttering Shearwater Puffinus gavia
- Buller's Albatross Thalassarche bulleri
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Northern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi
- Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata
- Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- Pintado Petrel Daption capense
- White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
- Hutton's Shearwater Puffinus huttoni
- Chatham Albatross Thalassarche eremita
- Brown Skua Stercorarius antarcticus
- Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
- White-fronted Tern Sterna striata
- Grey Noddy Anous albivitta
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans
- Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Australian Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
- Soft-plumaged Petrel Pterodroma mollis
- Grey Petrel Procellaria cinerea
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena
- Snowy Albatross Diomedea exulans
- Little Penguin Eudyptula minor
- Light-mantled Albatross Phoebetria palpebrata
- Black-bellied Storm Petrel Fregetta tropica
- Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
- Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea epomophora
- Westland Petrel Procellaria westlandica
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gould's Petrel Pterodroma leucoptera
- Grey-backed Storm Petrel Garrodia nereis
- Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
- Broad-billed Prion Pachyptila vittata
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
- Variable Oystercatcher Haematopus unicolor
- Tui Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Red-crowned Parakeet Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
- South Island Oystercatcher Haematopus finschi
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- New Zealand Pigeon Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
- New Zealand Fantail Rhipidura fuliginosa
- Pink-footed Shearwater Ardenna creatopus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Poor Knights Shelf Area?
October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 39 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Poor Knights Shelf Area?
82 species, from 8,921 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Poor Knights Shelf Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Cook's Petrel, Buller's Shearwater, Flesh-footed Shearwater, White-faced Storm Petrel and Sooty Shearwater.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.