Thursday, January 14, 2016

WHITE TERN

Photographed on Norfolk Island January 2016
745            WHITE-TERN           Gygis alba

Australia          (588)

Also known as Love Tern and White Noddy. 30-33 cm, wingspan c. 76 cm. Found on oceanic islands; tropical and sub-tropical seas. Range: Norfolk, Lord Howe and Kermadec Is. Casual coastal e. Aust. from se Vic. to ne Q, summer-autumn-winter after storms. 






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