Listen to the Australasian gannet
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About the Australasian gannet
The Australasian gannet is a bird in the family Sulidae (order Suliformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 2.0 m.
What does the Australasian gannet sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
From Wikipedia
The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head is tinged buff-yellow, with a pearly grey bill edged in dark grey or black, and blue-rimmed eyes. Young birds have mottled plumage in their first year, dark above and light below. The head is an intermediate mottled grey, with a dark bill. The birds gradually acquire more white in subsequent seasons until they reach maturity after five years.
Related birds in the genus Morus
Frequently asked questions
What does an Australasian gannet sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Australasian gannet on this page. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the Australasian gannet endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Australasian gannet as “least concern”.
What family does the Australasian gannet belong to?
The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) belongs to the family Sulidae in the order Suliformes.
Sources & credits
- Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator) vocalizations from colony at Cape Kidnappers, New… by Dr. Mark Hauber, Cheryl Krull et al. from the University of Auckland have released these recordings. – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q782094 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Australasian gannet – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Pseudopanax at English Wikipedia – CC BY 4.0