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Story: Gulls, terns and skuas

Black-fronted tern with a skink

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Black-fronted tern with a skink

While living inland during spring and summer, black-fronted terns like this one feed on skinks as well as small fish and insects.

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Gerard Hutching, Gulls, terns and skuas – Black-fronted terns, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/46518/black-fronted-tern-with-a-skink (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching, published 18 May 2015.