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Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)

Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)

Australian Gannet (Morus serrator)


Class: Aves
Family: Sulidae
Common Name: Australasian Gannet
Genus: Morus
Species Name: serrator

About The Australasian Gannet

Breeding colonies are found off the coast of south-east Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. One small colony is also found further north at Norfolk Island (to Australia). Winters in adjacent waters and up the east and west coasts of Australia as far north as the Tropic of Capricorn (del Hoyo et al. 1992).

Rights Holder: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
Bibliographic Citation: BirdLife International 2012. Morus serrator. In: IUCN 2014 . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1 . <www.iucnredlist.org>

Trips Where Observed

Eastern Australia
New Zealand
Western Australia

Member Lifelists

Australasia
World

Sites Where Observed

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