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ML645876304

Australian Fairy Tern Sternula nereis

Report

Contributor

Arwen Blackwood Ximenes Media from this contributor

Date

24 Nov 2025 eBird checklist S286165479

Location

Lake Baghdad (Rottnest Island)
Cockburn, Western Australia, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: -31.9974492, 115.5191803
Age and sex
Unknown age, Unknown sex - 3
Behaviors
Flying
Sounds
Call
Playback
Playback not used

Media notes

A few Fairy Terns flew over, recorded when overhead. Same birds recorded by JM, same list. Very windy.

Additional species

  • Silver Gull (Silver) Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae/forsteri
  • Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus

Technical information

Recorder
Zoom F3
Microphone
Wildtronics Pro Mono Parabolic mic
Accessories
Wildtronics parabola
Original file size
3.6 MB

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