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Sterna striata Gmelin, 1789 Family: Laridae Order: Charadriiformes print version
White-fronted tern Sterne tara Charrán maori Weißstirn-Seeschwalbe
Migration: partial migration and dispersal

Verbreitungskarte von Sterna striata Winter visitor to E Australia, from S Queensland to Tasmania and W to South Australia. Some northward dispersal in New Zealand. Race aucklandorna recorded as straggler to Campbell I.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)


Regions: Oceania
Recommended link: http://www.123.co.nz/tiri/FS_WhiteFrontedTern.htm
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel)