Torry Sakkariassen
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Ross Sea Voyage - Hobart, Australia to Dunedin, New Zealand, January 8, 2025 – January 31, 2025
PENGUINS
Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
ALBATROSS
Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora sanfordi)
Sooty Albatross (Phoebetria fusca)
Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
Grey-headed Albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
White Capped Albatross (Thalassarche cauta steadi)
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophrys)
Salvins Albatross (Thalassarche salvini)
Campbells Albatross (Thalassarche impavida)
Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora)
PETRELS
Northern Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
Southern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
Mottled Petrel (Pterodroma inexpectata)
Antarctic Petrel (Thalassoica antarctica)
Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
Wilsons Storm Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
Soft Pumaged Petrel (Pterodroma mollis)
White Headed Petrel (Pterodroma lessonii)
GULLS AND TERNS
Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
SHEARWATERS AND PRIONS
Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
Short Tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Prion (species unidendifiable)
SKUAS
Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)
PINNIPEDS
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga)
Critter Club – Wildlife Checklist
Ross
Sea Voyage - Hobart, Australia to Dunedin, New Zealand, January 8, 2025 – January 31, 2025
CETACEANS
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae)
Antarctic Minke Whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis)
Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Southern Bottlenose Whale (Hyperoodon planifrons)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) – Type B (seal hunters)
Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) – Type C (fish feeders)
OFF HOBART AND IN THE VICINITY OF MACQUAIRE ISLAND
White Headed Storm Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
Silver Gull (Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae)
Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Shy Albatros (Thalassarche cauta)
Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)
Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
Pink Glowy Algae (in Hobart harbour, species unknown)
Grey Backed Storm Petrel (Garrodia nereis)
Gould's Petrel (Pterodroma leucoptera)
Black Bellied Storm Petrel (Fregetta tropica) X King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
SPECIAL BEHAVIOURS OBSERVED
Adélie Penguin with an icefish in its beak on fast ice
Mummified Crabeater Seals in the McMurdo Dry Valleys