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ML201991161 IBC 1571787
Contributor
Robert Humphries Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Port Kennedy--Long Point
Rockingham, Western Australia, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Flying
Media notes
A Little Tern on seagrass wrack – stretching its wings, then taking off. Little Terns (Sternula albifrons) are a rare vagrant to the coast south Shark Bay in the mid-west of Western Australia. This unusual sighting of a Little Tern in breeding condition was made in the Port Kennedy Scientific Park, south of Perth in south-western Australia. It was sitting on seagrass wrack (mainly Posidonia species), stretching its wings before taking off as a wave rushed in. Elevation: 0 m. Date added to IBC: March 18, 2019.
Observation details
IBC scientific name: Sternula albifrons sinensis.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 25.96 MB