January February March April May June July August September October November December Home	NSW Pelagic Statistics For The Month of April The information for this page represents the results of over 10 years of pelagic bird watching trips from either Sydney or Wollongong, NSW Australia, being a compilation of 13 April trips including 1998. (Definite = 90-100% , Probable = 50-90% , Possible = 10-50% ) DEFINITE Providence Petrel 100% Great-winged Petrel 92.3% Wedge-tailed Shearwater 100% Flesh-footed Shearwater 100% Short-tailed Shearwater 92.3% Australasian Gannet 100% Silver Gull 100% Kelp Gull (Wollongong) 100% Crested Tern 100% Australian Pelican 100% PROBABLE Wandering Albatross 46.2% Black-browed Albatross 69.2% Fluttering Shearwater 76.9% Hutton's Shearwater 46.2% Wilson's Storm-Petrel 84.6% Arctic Jaeger 76.9% Pomarine Jaeger 84.6% Long-tailed Jaeger 61.5% POSSIBLE Little Penguin 23.1% Yellow-nosed Albatross 46.2% Shy Albatross 30.8% Kermadec Petrel 30.8% Herald Petrel 23.1% Fairy Prion 38.5% Sooty Shearwater 38.5% White-faced Storm Petrel 23.1% Great Skua 38.5% Common Tern 23.1% UNLIKELY / VAGRANT Common Diving Petrel 1 Record White-headed Petrel 2 Records Cook's Petrel 2 Records Black-winged Petrel 2 Records Gould's Petrel 2 Records Great Shearwater 1 Record Streaked Shearwater 1 Record Red-tailed Tropicbird 1 Record White-tailed Tropicbird 1 Record South Polar Skua 1 Record Arctic Tern 2 Records White-fronted Tern 1 Record Sooty Tern 1 Record (Records on this page have not been authenticated and should not be used in publication without further research. Species in bold are those that may require a submission to a local or national rarities committee if sighted.) (Tony Palliser)