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Kōrero: Gulls, terns and skuas

Black-billed gulls at Lake Rotorua

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Black-billed gulls at Lake Rotorua

For many years the only North Island colony of black-billed gulls was on an island in Lake Rotorua, where they share a gullery with red-billed gulls. However, since the 1970s they have become established at several other North Island river bed and coastal sites.

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Department of Conservation

Reference: 10031093

by Rod Morris

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Gerard Hutching, Gulls, terns and skuas – Red- and black-billed gulls, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6120/black-billed-gulls-at-lake-rotorua (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.