Australasian gannet

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The Australasian gannet is a large seabird native to the waters around Australia and New Zealand, known for its striking white plumage with black wingtips and dramatic high-speed plunge-diving for fish.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species
seabird
averageLength approximately 84–91 centimeters
averageMass approximately 2.3 kilograms
averageWingspan approximately 1.8 meters
billColor bluish-grey
binomialName Morus serrator NERFINISHED
breedsIn New Zealand NERFINISHED
Tasmania NERFINISHED
southern Australia NERFINISHED
class Aves
clutchSize 1 egg
commonName Australasian gannet NERFINISHED
Australian gannet
tākapu
culturalSignificance taonga species in Māori culture
describedBy Johann Friedrich Gmelin NERFINISHED
describedInYear 1789
diet fish
squid
diveHeight up to about 30 meters
eyeColor pale blue
family Sulidae NERFINISHED
flightStyle soaring over ocean
strong flier
foragingStrategy plunge-diving
genus Morus
habitat coastal waters
offshore islands
open ocean
incubationBy both parents
IUCNStatus Least Concern
kingdom Animalia
legColor greenish
migrationPattern partially migratory
nativeTo Australia
New Zealand NERFINISHED
nestType ground nest
order Suliformes NERFINISHED
parentalCare biparental
phylum Chordata
plumageColor black wingtips
buff-yellow head
white body
rangeIncludes Chatham Islands NERFINISHED
Tasman Sea NERFINISHED
coastal waters of New South Wales
coastal waters of South Australia
coastal waters of Victoria
coastal waters of Western Australia
socialBehavior colonial nester
taxonRank species

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Hauraki Gulf hasWildlife Australasian gannet