New Zealand - Part 5: Gulls and Terns

Part 5:  Gulls and Terns

Interesting this considering the number of gull species that we regularly record out here in Spain nevermind Europe as a whole.  meanwhile, down below, New Zealand has just the three regular gull species but a load more terns.  I even managed to include the local gannet as an appropriate addition to this section.  Where else can you travel for a few weeks and come back and say you saw every gull species in the country?

Australasian Gannet
Morus serrator

 

Southern Black-backed Gull
Larus dominicanus

Red-billed Gull
Larus scopulinus

 

                                                                   

Black-billed Gull

Larus bullen

  

But what's this mystery gull; is it a Red or Black-billed Gull ?

White-fronted Tern

Sterna striata

 Then we have the Caspian Tern Hydoprogne caspia