Australasian Gannet Morus serrator
Australasian Gannet, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image Australia
February / March 2006

The Australasian Gannet is distributed round southern and eastern Australia as well as New Zealand. In fact, while there are a few colonies on islands off Tasmania and Victoria, most of the colonies are on islands off New Zealand.

Australasian Gannet, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, March 2006 - click for larger image Compared to Northern Gannet M. bassanus the secondaries along the trailing edge of the wing are black as are the central feathers on the tail of adult birds.
Immature Australasian Gannet, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image
Immature Australasian Gannet, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia, February 2006 - click for larger image
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