An unusual seabird mortality in the southern North Island (New Zealand) April, 1968

An account of 588 birds found dead or alive on beaches and some inland areas of the southern North Island and Hawkes Bay. An unusually high mortality of albatross was recorded, with 110 royal and 26 wandering albatross being found in the Wellington area. Other notable records were of grey-faced and black-winged petrel, two sub-tropical species, not usually recorded in the Cook Strait area.