LESSER FRIGATEBIRD

Photographed above Captain Billy's Landing, Cape York.

288             LESSER FRIGATEBIRD            Fregata ariel

Australia       (258)

Also known as Man-o'-war Bird. Range: breeds islands and cays off tropical n. Australia;regular summer/autumn visitor to coastal n. Australia, s. to se. Queensland, n. NSW, off n. WA coast. Found in tropical and subtropical seas, coasts and islands. 70-82 cm, wingspan 1.8-1.9 m, female larger.

LITTLE TERN

287                LITTLE TERN              Sterna albifrons

Australia         (257)

21-24 cm, span c. 50 cm. Range around the coast of the mainland from Shark Bay (WA) north to Adelaide (SA) and along n. and e. coast of Tasmania. Found in coastal waters, bays, inlets, beaches, sand dunes, lakes and salt lakes. Summer migrants