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THE MIGRATION OF BRIDLED TERNS Sterna anaethetus BREEDING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Posted: 10/08/2021
Author(s): J. N. DUNLOP and R. E. JOHNSTONE

Bridled Terns breeding on the Western Australian coastline are generally absent from their nesting colonies and adjacent seas between early May and mid-September. The recovery of some marked terns banded at colonies in south-western Australia has now identified a definite ‘wintering’ area. This is located in the north-western sector of the Celebes Sea, between about […]

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BREEDING SEABIRDS OF THE HOUTMAN ABROLHOS, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1991-1993

Posted: 10/08/2021
Author(s): PHILLIP J. FULLER, ANDREW A. BURBIDGE and RANDALL OWENS

All islands in the Houtman Abrolhos were searched for seabird breeding colonies during the last week of November and first week of December 1991 (Easter Group), 1992 (Wallabi Group) and 1993 (Pelsaert Group). The number of pairs in colonies located was counted or estimated, large colonies being estimated by point or quadrat sampling. Nineteen species. […]

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