Buller's Mollymawk
Buller's mollymawks nest only in New Zealand at the Chatham, Solander and Snares Islands. With an estimated 36,000 pairs, the total population is likely to be about 150,000. Many immatures are thought to spend their first years in waters off Peru and all reported drownings on longlines are of adults. There are no accurate figures, but Buller’s
mollymawks appear to suffer some of the heaviest mortality of any birds on the bluefin tuna longlines in New Zealand waters. Longliners concentrate in areas such as the Solander Trench off Fiordland, which is adjacent to the large Solander Island breeding colony. Effects on the mollymawk population are unknown.
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Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 November 1990, Page 29
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108Buller's Mollymawk Forest and Bird, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 November 1990, Page 29
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