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title: "A flock of ACAP-listed Black Petrels is seen in the Galápagos"
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# A flock of ACAP-listed Black Petrels is seen in the Galápagos

Chris Gaskin ([Kiwi Wildlife/Natural Lines Consultancy](http://www.kiwi-wildlife.co.nz/), Auckland, New Zealand) and colleagues have published a short note in the journal *[Notornis](http://notornis.osnz.org.nz/publications)*reporting sightings of Black Petrels *Procellaria parkinsoni*in the waters of the Galápagos in July 2014.

  ![](https://www.acap.aq/images/stories/acap/Birds/Petrels/B/Black/Black_Petrel_Biz_Bell.jpg)

 Black Petrel at sea, photograph by Biz Bell

 **Reference:**

 Gaskin, C.P., Harrison, P., Baird, K.A., Cunninghame, F., Ismar, S.F.H. & Bell, E.A. 2016.  An opportunistic sighting of a flock of black petrels (*Procellaria parkinsoni*) at Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.  [*Notornis* 63: 54-56](http://oceanrep.geomar.de/31934/1/Gaskin%20et%20al%202016_proofs.pdf).

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 28 April 2016*