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PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
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  The White-fronted Tern (Sterna striata) is the most Common Tern of New Zealand. It rarely swims, apart from bathing, despite having webbed feet. The species is protected. White-fronted terns feed in large flocks by plunge diving on shoals of smelt and pilchards which have been driven to the surface by larger fish and are easily caught. Like all terns they fly with their heads and bills pointing down to see their prey. Breeding is between October and January in large colonies on rocky cliffs and offshore islands. Originally this occurred only in New Zealand, but since 1979 they have also bred on islands in Bass Strait, north of Tasmania. Many of the birds winter in south-eastern Australia, especially juveniles.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
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Listen to the White-fronted Tern
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 White-fronted Tern - Kaiaua - October 2017
Conservation status
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2.
International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: (Date of first photo that I could use) 26 October 2017 Location: Kaiaua  White-fronted Tern - Sterna striata - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
 White-fronted Tern - Sterna striata - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
 White-fronted Tern - Sterna striata - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
 White-fronted Tern - Sterna striata - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
 White-fronted Tern - Sterna striata - 26 October 2017 - Kaiaua
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