StatusNative
RarityUncommon
Height24 cm
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"Chicks can recognize their parents’ voices from the first day, helping them survive in busy colonies."
Field Guide
Little Tern
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The Little Tern is the smallest tern found in Australia, known for its agile flight and energetic fishing displays in shallow coastal waters, estuaries, and lagoons. It is a small but determined hunter seen across sandy beaches and sheltered inlets across much of the continent.
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