Kōrero: Bird migration

Black-billed gulls on the coast (2 o 2)

Black-billed gulls on the coast

Black-billed gulls generally spend the winter at coastal or harbour sites of the North and South islands. They move inland in bad weather to feed on worms in rain-flooded pasture and sports fields.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Christina Troup, 'Bird migration - Migration within New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7235/black-billed-gulls-on-the-coast (accessed 28 September 2023)

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