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Australasian Gannet

Morus serrator

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 151, February 88, March 55, April 42, May 36, June 25, July 23, August 45, September 72, October 137, November 154, December 139.
New Zealand967
Australia900
Auckland Region490
New South Wales424
Victoria236
Hawke's Bay Region146
Queensland77
Wellington Region74
Western Australia61
South Australia50

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderGannets, Cormorants, and Allies · Suliformes
FamilyBoobies and Gannets · Sulidae
GenusGannets · Morus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Australasian Gannet with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.