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Photographed at Miranda, June 2017 |
1200 WHITE-FRONTED TERN
Sterna striata
NEW ZEALAND 49
Favours coastal waters and harbours, roosts on sandbanks or sandpits, rarely inland. 42 cm. A small number breed in Bass Strait, Australia, the rest, 15,000-20,000 pairs are New Zealands most abundant tern found all around the coast and on off-shore islands.
Congratulations another milestone - you may well have to up the ante - 9001 might be too easy
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