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Little Tern

Little Tern (Image ID 54027)
Photographed byMark Lethlean on Mon 17th Oct, 2022 and uploaded on Sat 22nd Oct, 2022 .
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ID54027
CommentWhile surveying the Nooramunga Marine and Coastal Park east of Wilson's Prom we observed a flock of over 500 mixed tern species. The majority were the Western Pacific Little tern ssp sinensis and most (>95%) were in non-breeding plumage. There are 3 populations of Little Tern in Australia, all of this ssp. The south-eastern population, which is most under threat, will generally be in breeding plumage in early summer. The other 2 populations- those migrating from Asia and those migrating from the Northern Australia breeding population will generally be in non-breeding plumage in early summer. They cannot be morphologically distinguished.
EquipmentNikon Z9. Sigma 150-600mm
f/6.3 1/2000 iso-180 460mm
LocationClonmel Island, Victoria
Keywordsin flight, adult, non-breeding plumage/features
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