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Kōrero: Gulls, terns and skuas

Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa

Mai i te whārangi 1 - Black-backed gulls

Gulls feeding at sea

Gulls feeding at sea (1 o 2)

Scavengers

Scavengers (2 o 2)

‘Black-backed gulls’

‘Black-backed gulls’

Black-backed gull raiding a nest

Black-backed gull raiding a nest

Controlling gulls near airports

Controlling gulls near airports (1 o 3)

Airport sign

Airport sign (2 o 3)

Model gull

Model gull (3 o 3)

Mai i te whārangi 2 - Red- and black-billed gulls

Courtship

Feeding a chick

Feeding a chick

Black-billed gulls

Black-billed gulls

Black-billed gulls at Lake Rotorua

Black-billed gulls at Lake Rotorua

Mai i te whārangi 3 - Black-fronted terns

White-fronted tern

White-fronted tern

Black-fronted tern with a skink

Black-fronted tern with a skink

Ground-nesting birds

Ground-nesting birds

Mai i te whārangi 4 - Caspian and fairy terns

Caspian tern with egg and new chick

Caspian tern with egg and new chick

Caspian terns feeding chick

Caspian terns feeding chick

Arthur, resident Raglan Caspian tern

Arthur, resident Raglan Caspian tern

Fairy tern chick and egg

Fairy tern chick and egg

Fighting for the fairy tern

Fighting for the fairy tern

Mai i te whārangi 5 - White-fronted, sooty, Antarctic and Arctic terns

White-fronted tern

White-fronted tern

Sooty tern colony

Sooty tern colony

Sooty tern with egg

Sooty tern with egg

Antarctic tern

Mai i te whārangi 6 - Noddies

Black noddy

Black noddy chick

Black noddy chick

Grey noddy

White tern chick

White tern chick

Mai i te whārangi 7 - Skuas

Subantarctic skua defending its prey

Subantarctic skua defending its prey

Subantarctic skuas feeding

Subantarctic skuas feeding

Subantarctic skua adults and chick

Subantarctic skua adults and chick

South Polar skua

South Polar skua

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Gerard Hutching, 'Ngā whakaahua, ngā rauemi katoa', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/gulls-terns-and-skuas/media (accessed 16 April 2024)

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 17 Feb 2015