Hydroprogne caspia

Caspian Tern at Table Top, NSW

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Identification history

Hydroprogne caspia	31 Dec 2023	Darcy
Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae	31 Dec 2023	CarbonAI
Hydroprogne caspia	31 Dec 2023	KylieWaldon

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pretty sure there were only three birds. One looked immature. Every now and then, they all put their wings out and just glided into the air, barrel rolling, copying each other, but sometimes the two appeared to chase the other one away. The side by side flying was impressive even though they were a long way away then up high into the sky the two went. Not seen this species do this before. Air Show supreme.

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Location information

Coordinates 147.044447 -35.970834
Maps Albury
Places Table Top, NSW

Sighting information

3 Abundance
30 Dec 2023 07:13 AM Recorded on
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Birds Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Hydroprogne caspia Scientific name
Caspian Tern Common name
Not Sensitive
Very rare / threatened
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 561.7m Recorded at altitude
100 images trained Machine learning

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