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Kōrero: Gannets and boobies

Courtship rituals

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Courtship rituals

Gannets conduct a distinctive mating display. The two birds bow, point their heads skywards and preen each other. They usually form lifelong pairs and begin breeding at four or five years of age.

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Reference: 10038406

by Rod Morris

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gannets and boobies – Gannets: life history and feeding, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5833/courtship-rituals (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.