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The Whiskered Tern in New Zealand – first records

  • Publication Type

    Journal

  • Publication Year

    1979

  • Author(s)

    Heather, B. D., Jones, E. B.

  • Journal Name

    Notornis

  • Volume, Issue

    1979, 2

  • Pagination

    185-195

  • Article Type

    Paper

Keywords

Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybridus, New Zealand records


The Whiskered Tern in New Zealand – first records

Notornis, 1979 (2), 185-195

Heather, B. D., Jones, E. B. (1979)

Article Type: Paper

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The circumstances are given of the first recorded Whiskered Terns (Chlidonias hybridus) in New Zealand, at Lake Horowhenua, Levin in 1977 and 1978. Reasons are given why the birds were probably from Australia (C. h. javanicus). The field characters of the non-breeding adult plumage of the Whiskered Tern, Black Tern (C. niger) , White-winged Black Tern (C. leucopterus) and Black-fronted Tern (C. albostriatus) are compared. The nomenclature of Mees (1977) is used, at species level.