Australasian Birds

Laridae : Gulls, Terns & Skimmers

White-fronted Tern

Sterna striata

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

Kaikoura, New Zealand - November 2005

White-fronted Tern is a common coastal species on both North and South Islands. It is almost endemic to New Zealand with only a few very small colonies on islets in the Bass Strait, northeast of Tasmania, being the only other breeding sites.