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Home  >> Birds of New Zealand >> Antarctic Tern

Antarctic Tern

Species: Sterna vittata Gmelin

Breeding areas
South Cape, Stewart island; NZ Subantarctic Islands; circumpolar subantarctic
Breeding season
September to April
Dispersal migration
Stays close to breeding grounds

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