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Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii) video
Two pairs on a beach, the males trying to copulate, turning around female.
- Recorded 24 October 2010
- Added to IBC 1 year 9 weeks ago
- Josep del Hoyo
- Location Ouvéa Island, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (ssp bangsi).
- Duration 51 sec
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Apparently, the first record of this species in Ouvéa. Interestingly, some of them were clearly showing courtship behaviour.