Our research investigates the identification and the range/distribution of tubenoses Procellariiforms. The primary aim is to enhance knowledge about at-sea identification and (where possible) ageing of the tubenoses, thus permitting more accurate at-sea observations, a greater amount of useful data, and a better understanding of range/distribution and population sizes. At-sea observation complements data logging and satellite tracking of small numbers of representatives of tubenose taxa and contributes equally to conservation plans. The project is important because tubenoses are under extreme pressure from habitat destruction of their breeding islands and pollution of the marine environment, and a high proportion of taxa are endangered or critically endangered.

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Flood, R. L., de Lima, R. F., Melo, M., & Zufelt. K. 2024. Presumed Fuegian Storm-Petrels Oceanites oceanicus chilensis off São Tomé, Gulf of Guinea, and in the North and South Atlantic Oceans. Marine Ornithology 52: 165-171 [click here].

 

Flood, R. L. 2024. Zino’s Petrel off Scilly: new to Britain. British Birds 117: 62–69 [click here].

 

Flood, R. L. & Zufelt, Z. 2023. Sighting of a Beck’s Petrel Pseudobulweria becki and a Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma [cervicalis] occulta in remote Oceania, and the process of identification. Marine Ornithology 51: 79–84 [click here].

 

Flood, R. L., Rogers, C., Tanoi, S., & Zufelt, K. 2023. Pelagic observations Hawaii to Fiji, via Kiribati and Phoenix Islands, April–June 2022. Pacific Seabird Group Technical Publication Number 5. Available at pacificseabirdgroup.org/psg-publications/technical-publications/ or click here.

 

Flood, R. L. 2023. Voyage of discovery. Birdwatch March: 56–59 [click here].

 

Flood, R. L., Koerkamp, G. G., de Vries, P. P., & Adishcheva, O. 2022. ‘Russian Arctic flyway’ – another possible route for Short-tailed Shearwater to access North Atlantic. Dutch Birding 44: 363–367 [click here].

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Flood, R. L., Danzenbaker, M., Hansbro, P., Rogers, C., Tanoi, H., Tanoi, S. 2022. More New Zealand Storm Petrels Fregetta maoriana off Gau Island, Fiji, in May 2022. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142: 380–382. [click here].

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Flood, R. L., Zufelt, K., Danzenbaker, M., Tanoi, S., Bretagnole, V., & Shirihai, H. 2022. The Dark-Morph Herald Petrel Pterodroma heraldica. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142: 354–365. [Click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Simião, S. 2022. Flesh-footed Shearwater, Santa Barbara das Ribeiras, Pico Island, Azores Islands, 7 August 2020. Dutch Birding 44: 83–88 [click here]. 

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Bretagnolle, V., Flood, R. L., Gaba, S., & Hadoram Shirihai. 2022. Fregetta lineata (Peale 1848) is a valid extant species endemic to New Caledonia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 142: 111–130 [click here]. 

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Flood, R. L., Tanoi, S. & Zufelt, K. 2022. Pelagic observations, during a circumnavigation of the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia, September-October 2021. Pacific Seabird Group Technical Publication Number 4 [click here]. 

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Flood, R. L., Zufelt, K., Bretagnolle, V. & Shirihai, S. 2021. Pelagic birds around Rapa and Marotiri, French Polynesia, October–December 2019, with notes on Rapa Shearwater Puffinus myrtae and Titan Storm-petrel Fregetta [grallaria] titan. 2021. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141: 387–411 [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Zufelt, K. 2021. Pelagic observations, Gambier Islands to Tahiti via Austral Islands, October–November 2019, and past expeditions in East Polynesia - Robert L. Flood & Kirk Zufelt, Pacific Seabird Group Technical Publication Number 3 [click here].

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Valls, F. C. L., Tavares, M., Flood, R. L. & Bugoni, F. 2021. The status of Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera in the south-west Atlantic Ocean, with notes on separation from dark-morph Trindade Petrel P. arminjoniana. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 141: 267–275, 2021 [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Gutiérrez, R. 2021. Separation of Cory’s Calonectris borealis and Scopoli’s C. diomedea Shearwaters based on underwing plumage. Marine Ornithology 49: 311–320 [click here, plus appendix 1, 2 and 3].

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Flood, R. L, & Simpson, B. 2021. Tahiti Petrel off Mirbat, Oman, in February 2019 Dutch Birding, 43: 257-262. [click here].

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Archer, P., Flood, R. L., Allen, A., Jacques, A., Acampora, H., Senfeld, T., Shannon, T. J. & Collinson, I. M. 2021. Short-tailed Shearwater at Tramore, Ireland, in June 2020. Dutch Birding, 43: 183-197 [click here].

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Flood, R. L., Richards, J. M., Gaston, A. J. & Zufelt, K. 2021. ‘Canadian Arctic flyway’ – possible route for Short-tailed Shearwater to access North Atlantic? Dutch Birding 43: 198-202 [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Pender, J. 2021. Cetaceans recorded off the Isles of Scilly since 2000 - Robert L Flood & Joseph Pender, Sea Watch News [click here].

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Olsen, K., Flood, R. L., Senfeld, T., Shannon, T. J. & Collinson, J. M. 2020. Scopoli’s Shearwater collected in Faeroes in August 1877. Dutch Birding. 42: 335-341 [click here].

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Flood, R. L., Olsen, K., Senfeld, T., Shannon, T. J. & Collinson, J. M. 2020. Audubon’s Shearwater collected in Skagerrak, Denmark, in September 1912. Dutch Birding 42: 147-156 [click here].

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Flood, R. L., de Lima, R. F., Melo, M., Verbelen, P. & Wagstaff, W. H. 2019. What is known about the enigmatic Gulf of Guinea bandrumped storm petrels Hydrobates cf. castro? Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 139(2):173-186 [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & van der Vliet, R. 2019. Variation and identification of Barolo Shearwater and Boyd's Shearwater. [click here]. 

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Flood, R. L. & Gutiérrez, R. 2019. Status of Cory's Shearwater in the western Mediterranean [click here].

 

Flood, R. L. 2019. Bulwer’s Petrels with whitish or pale underbody. [click here].

 

Flood, R. L. & Fisher. A. 2019. Identification of Short-tailed Shearwater in the North Atlantic. (2019). British Birds, 112, May 2019: 250 – 263 [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Ryan, P. 2018. Age-related timing of primary moult of Shy Albatross. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Zufelt, K. 2018. Observation at dusk off southeast Tristan Island revealed numbers of Great-winged Petrel returning to colony far in excess of the estimate of the colony population. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Williams, A. 2018. The 10th live record of Black-capped Petrel in the Western Palearctic. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2018. Observations of feeding behaviour of Great Skua off Scilly. [click here].

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Flood, R. L., et al. 2017. Swinhoe’s Storm-petrel off French Guiana, South America [click here].

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Flood, R. L., et al. 2017. An expedition from Chile to Juan Fernandez return. [click here].

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Flood, R. L., et al. 2017. Observations of 5 little known tubenoses of Melanesia. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Wilson, A. 2017. A New Zealand Storm-petrel off Fiji. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2016. Observations of Jouanin’s Petrel (and other seabirds) Muscat to Djiouti. [click here] [corrigenda].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2016. Observations of Chatham Petrel off New Zealand. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2016. Three Murphy’s Petrels off Juan Fernandez. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2015. Process of ID of a Fea’s Petrel off Scilly [click here].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2015. Observations of Mascarene Petrel (and other seabirds) off Reunion Island. [click here].

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Callahan, D. 2015. The history of Wilson’s Storm-petrel sightings off Britain. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2015. The status of Wilson’s Storm-petrel off Scilly. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2015. Predation of Wilson’s Storm-petrel by a Long-tailed Skua. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & van Grouw, H. 2015. Unfamiliar plumage types of Fulmar in the North Atlantic. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2015. Plumage variation of Pacific Fulmar in the Bering Sea. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2015. Identification and ageing of Yellow-nosed Albatrosses. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Fisher, A. 2015. Identification and ageing of Black-browed Albatross. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2014. Black-browed Albatross primary moult timing in the fourth prebasic moult. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2013. First South Polar Skua for Madeira. [click here].

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Campbell, O. et al. 2013. First confirmed records of Cory’s Shearwater for the UAE. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2012. Madeiran Storm-petrel off Scilly: new to Britain. [click here].

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Flood. R. L., 2011. Wilson’s Storm-petrels with white in the underwings. [click here].

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Fisher, A. & Flood, R. L. 2010. Scopoli’s Shearwater off Scilly: new to Britain. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2010. Trindade Petrels around the Atlantic. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Fisher, A. 2010. Ten year analysis of Wilson’s Storm-petrels off Scilly. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. et al. 2009. European Storm-petrels diving for food. [click here].

 

Stephenson, B. & Flood, R. L. 2008. Rediscovery of the New Zealand Storm-petrel 2. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2008. First record of Polynesian Storm-petrel for Australia. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. & Thomas, B. 2007. Black-and-white storm-petrels in the Atlantic. [click here].

 

Fisher, A. & Flood, R. L. 2006. Fea’s Petrel off Scilly: new to Britain. [click here].

 

Flood, R. L. et al. 2004. Digital resurrection of the New Zealand Storm-petrel. [click here].

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Flood, R. L. 2003. Rediscovery of the New Zealand Storm-petrel. [click here].