White-winged Black Tern breeding in Australia?

["Mike Carter" <>]

After some consultation, Danny Rogers has identified a White-winged Black 
Tern that I saw and photographed at Melbourne's Eastern Treatment Plant near 
Carrum, Victoria, on Sunday 27 June, (that's right, what is normally a 
summer visitor in the middle of our winter), as a juvenile probably no more 
than 2-3 months old. This means that it must have bred in the southern 
hemisphere most likely Australia. Breeding of this species, which normally 
nests in the northern hemisphere, has not previously been recorded in 
Australia but has in New Zealand. Two of four photographs are on the Eremaea 
website Birdline Victoria.
Mike Carter
30 Canadian Bay Road
Mount Eliza  VIC 3930
Tel  (03) 9787 7136

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