January February March April May June July August September October November December Home	NSW Pelagic Statistics For The Month of July 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 24 July trips including 1999. (Definite = 90-100% , Probable = 50-90% , Possible = 0-50%) DEFINITE Wandering Albatross 95.8% Black-browed Albatross 100% Yellow-nosed Albatross 100% Shy Albatross 91.7% Providence Petrel 100% Fairy Prion 100% Australasian Gannet 100% Australasian Pelican 100% Silver Gull 100% Kelp Gull (Wollongong only) 100% Crested Tern 100% PROBABLE Southern Giant Petrel 79.2% Cape Petrel 83.3% Great-winged Petrel 54.2% Fluttering Shearwater 87.0% White-fronted Tern 70.8% Great Skua 83.3% POSSIBLE Little Penguin 33.3% Royal Albatross 12.5% Northern Giant Petrel 25.0% White-headed Petrel 41.7% White-faced Storm Petrel 37.5% Antarctic Prion 29.2% Slender-billed Prion 33.3% Hutton's Shearwater 25.0% Sooty Shearwater 12.5% Short-tailed Shearwater 12.5% Grey-backed Storm Petrel 12.5% Wilson's Storm-Petrel 34.8% VAGRANT Grey-headed Albatross 1 Record Buller's Albatross 1 Record Sooty Albatross 1 Record Shy Albatross (Chatham form) 1 Record Southern Fulmar 1 Record Blue Petrel 2 Records Kermadec Petrel 1 Record Soft-plumaged Petrel 1 Record Black-bellied Storm Petrel 1 Record Common Diving Petrel 1 Record Salvin's Prion 2 Records Little Shearwater 1 Record Arctic 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)