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Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator(Gray, GR, 1843)
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At a glance
The Australasian Gannet is a very large bird, about 84–91 cm long, native to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 84–91 cm
- Origin
- Native
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Very common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Australasian Gannet look like?
The Australasian Gannet is a very large bird, about 84–91 cm long.
The Australasian gannet, also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head is tinged buff-yellow, with a pearly grey bill edged in dark grey or black, and blue-rimmed eyes. Young birds have mottled plumage in their first year, dark above and light below. The head is an intermediate mottled grey, with a dark bill. The birds gradually acquire more white in subsequent seasons until they reach maturity after five years.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Australasian Gannet?
The Australasian Gannet is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
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