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title: "Black Petrel report published by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation"
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# Black Petrel report published by New Zealand’s Department of Conservation

  

New Zealand’s [Department of Conservation /Te Papa Atawhai](http://www.doc.govt.nz/) publishes *DOC Research & Development Series.* Each year several titles cover research conducted on ACAP-listed species.  Go to [http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/science-and-technical/online-catalogue/](http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/science-and-technical/online-catalogue/) and search by species.

  A recent [report](http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/documents/science-and-technical/drds307entire.pdf) in the series forms part of a long-term study of the Black Petrel *Procellaria parkinsoni*on Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island), New Zealand.  During the 2005/06 breeding season, 366 burrows were monitored.  Breeding success was 67%.  Eleven geo-locator data-loggers were deployed on breeding birds.

  A search on “Black Petrel” reveals eight publications dating from 2000, all of studies conducted on Great Barrier Island by the same research group.  These reports are available on-line.

 

**Reference** 

Bell, E.A., Sim, J.L. & Scofield, P. 2009. Population parameters and distribution of the Black Petrel (*Procellaria parkinsoni*), 2005/06*. DOC Research & Development Series* 307: 1-47.

 *News from John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, posted 17 May 2009*