Research on Hutton's shearwater

A vast amount of research has been undertaken on the mountain colonies since the Hutton's Shearwater breeding grounds were rediscovered in 1964 by Geoff Harrow. 

This page is a work in progress as the adminstration finds time to do it.

2010 research agenda

Funding

List of publications relevant to Hutton's shearwaters

Miskelly, C.M.; Taylor, G.A.; Gummer, H.; Williams, R. 2009: Translocations of eight species of burrow-nesting seabirds (genera Pterodroma, Pelicanoides, Pachyptila, and Puffinus: Familly Procellariidae). Biological Conservation 142: 1965-1980.

Sommer, E.; Bell, M.; Bradfield, P.; Dunlop, K.; Gaze, P.; Harrow, G.; McGahan, P.; Morrissey, M.; Walford, D.; Cuthbert, R. 2009: Population trends, breeding success and predation rates of Hutton's Shearwater (Puffinus huttoni): 20year assessment. Notornis 56: 144-153.

List of non-refereed reports relevant to Hutton's shearwaters

Trotter, M. 2009:  Archaeological assessment of the Hutton's shearwater translocation area, Kaikoura Peninsula.  Michael Trotter, Kaiapoi, New Zealand.  6p.