Story: Gannets and boobies
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The golden head, blue eye ring and powerful blue-grey beak of adult gannets contrast markedly with the coloration of juvenile birds.
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Maggy Wassilieff, Gannets and boobies – Gannets: description and habitat, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/5822/adult-gannets (accessed 17 February 2026).
Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.