Keywords:New Zealand, New Zealand wildlife, curio, bay, southland, beach, coast, bird, black-billed, gull, black, billed, porpoise, seagull, chroicocephalus, bulleri
Photo Info
Dimensions4554 x 3036
Original file size733 KB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceAdobe RGB (1998)
Date taken25-Oct-14 08:51
Date modified25-May-16 13:25
Shooting Conditions
Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS-1D Mark IV
Focal length560 mm
Max lens aperturef/8
Exposure1/2000 at f/8
FlashNot fired, compulsory mode
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeManual
Exposure prog.Manual
ISO speedISO 400
Metering modeCenter-weighted average
Black-billed Gull 6
The Black-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus bulleri) is endemic to New Zealand. Its natural habitats are rivers, freshwater lakes, freshwater marshes, sandy shores, pastureland and urban areas. Black-billed Gulls are the most threatened of New Zealands gull species being threatened by habitat loss. They nest predominantly on gravel river beds or shingle coastline.
About half to three quarters of the world population of Black-billed Gulls nests on the river beds of the Southland region, including the Waiau, Aparima, Oreti and Mataura.
