Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Species List from pelagic trip to Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary
Septebmer 2, 2002 compiled by Rich Stallcup
| Birds |
Abundance |
| Black-footed Albatross |
33 |
| Sooty Shearwater |
450 |
| Pink-footed Shearwater |
55 |
| Buller’s Shearwater |
40 |
| Least Storm-petrel |
1 |
| Black Storm-petrel |
20 |
| Ashy Storm-petrel |
3,500 (maybe 25-35% of worlds population) |
| Fork-tailed Storm-petrel |
300 |
| Wilson’s Storm-petrel |
30 |
| Leach’s Storm-petrel |
3 |
| Sabine’s Gull |
250 |
| Common Tern |
3 |
| Arctic Tern |
115 |
| Long-tailed Jaeger |
75 |
| Parasitic Jaeger |
3 |
| Pomarine Jaeger |
10 |
South Polar Skua
|
6 |
| Common Murre |
850 |
| Cassin’s Auklet |
1050 |
| Rhinoceros Auklet |
65 |
| Tufted Puffin |
1 |
| Red Phalarope |
670 |
| Red-necked Phalarope |
670 |
| Marine Mammals |
| Blue Whale |
4 |
| Humpback |
16 |
| Orca |
3 |
Pacific White-sided Dolphin
|
85 |
| Northern Right Whale Dolphin |
12 |
Dall’s Porpoise
|
60 |
| Harbor Porpoise |
4 |
5 Pinniped Species
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* note this is a compilation of all species seen for the day by all participants, nobody sees everything on the boat.
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