NEW ZEALAND's BIRDS
Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator - (Takapu)
(Photo: Dennis Buurman)
Breeding areas
Many islands and two headlands (eg Muriwai) around NZ Coast; Hauraki Gulf - Sugarloaf & High Peak Rocks (poor Knights), Maori Rocks (Mokohinau Islands) and Broken islands (Great Barrier Island); Cape Kidnappers is the Cape Kidnappers is the largest and most accessible gannet colony in the world. Southernmost colony Solanders.
Breeding season
July to January
Dispersal migration
Most juveniles to south & eastern Australia.
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