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Australian Gannet
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Morus serrator Hawke's Bay, NZ
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Gannets nesting at the mainland Muriwai colony in New Zealand
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AUSTRALIAN GANNET FACTS
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Description
The Australian Gannet is white with buff coloured head and black flight feathers. Dark grey feet with yellow or green lines.
Size
90cm. Wingspan 1.7m
Habitat
Coastal waters
Food
dives for fish at sea
Breeding
Nest is low platform made of earth, guano, seaweed. Lays 1 blue-white egg.
Range
Around Australia and Tasmania.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Procellariiformes | | Family: | Sulidae | | Genus: | Morus | | Species: | serrator | | Common Name: | Australian Gannet |
Relatives in same Genus
Cape Gannet (M. capensis)
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