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In the post-breeding season, many birds migrate to parts of eastern and south-eastern Australia. It is suspected that it is only the juveniles that take part in this migration, with the adults remaining within New Zealand and staying within a relatively close proximity to the colonies. They only breed in New Zealand. [7]
Bird migration is a seasonal ... in Australia, 44% of non-passerine birds and 32% of ... up to 65% of key intertidal habitat at the Yellow Sea migration ...
Their breeding habitat is large lakes and ocean coasts in North America (including the Great Lakes), and locally in Europe (mainly around the Baltic Sea and Black Sea), Asia, Africa, and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand). North American birds migrate to southern coasts, the West Indies and northernmost South America.
Like many birds, seabirds often migrate after the breeding season. Of these, the trip taken by the Arctic tern is the farthest of any bird, crossing the equator in order to spend the Austral summer in Antarctica.
Its southern end encompasses Australia and New Zealand. Between these extremes the flyway covers much of eastern Asia, including China , Japan , Korea , South-East Asia and the western Pacific . The EAAF is home to over 50 million migratory water birds from over 250 different populations, including 32 globally threatened species and 19 near ...
The second part (Section V) of the book summarises what is known to date of the different species of birds in our region. Where there are adequate data each bird is described under the heads: Field Characteristics and General Habits; Status in Australia; Migration; Voice; Display; Breeding; Enemies and Mortality; Breeding Distribution.” [1]
Bar-tailed godwits breed on Arctic coasts and tundra from Scandinavia to Alaska, and overwinter on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of Australia and New Zealand. The migration of the subspecies Limosa lapponica baueri across the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to New Zealand is the longest known non-stop flight of any bird, and also the ...
Adult near Burrow on Bruny Island. The photograph was taken at night. Fledgling, Austins Ferry, Tasmania, Australia. The short-tailed shearwater or slender-billed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris; formerly Puffinus tenuirostris), also called yolla or moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few ...