Lord Howe and Philip Islands

11801-68812 Grey ternlet (Procelsterna cerulea albivitta) adult on nesting cliffs, Phillip Island, Norfolk Group *

11801-68902 White tern (Gygis alba candida) pair 'apparently' perched on a branch in a Norfolk pine, although in fact the nearer bird is incubating a single egg - which is characteristically laid on a bare branch. Norfolk Island *

11801-68901 White tern (Gygis alba candida) egg which has been characteristically laid on the bare branch. Norfolk Island *

11701-31001 Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) pair on breeding ledge *

11701-31004 Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) head of adult on nest

11801-31001 Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda) adult in courtship flight. Lord Howe Island *

11801-33008 Masked or Tasman booby (Sula dactylatra tasmani) adult with young chick. Spin Bay, Phillip Island, Norfolk Group *

11801-33001 Masked or Tasman booby (Sula dactylatra tasmani) adult with young chick. Spin Bay, Philip Island, Norfolk Group *

11801-33023 Masked or Tasman booby (Sula dactylatra tasmani) head of adult. Spin Bay, Philip Island, Norfolk Group *

11001-12504 Flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) adult in palm forest. Lord Howe Island *

11001-12501 Flesh-footed shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) head of adult in palm forest. Lord Howe Island *

11801-19503 White-naped petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) pair. A recent colonist on Philip Island where this photograph was taken *

11801-19501 White-naped petrel (Pterodroma cervicalis) pair. A recent colonist on Philip Island where this photograph was taken *

11801-20002 Black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) adult. Philip Island *

11801-20004 Black-winged petrel (Pterodroma nigripennis) adult. Philip Island *

11801-20609 Kermadec petrel 'summer' (Pterodroma neglecta neglecta) a polymorphic species, with a confusing array of plumages - this is a 'dark-phased' adult on nest on forest floor. Philip Island, Norfolk Group *

11801-20604 Kermadec petrel 'summer' (Pterodroma neglecta neglecta) a polymorphic species, with a confusing array of plumages - this is a 'light-phased' adult on nest on forest floor. Philip Island, Norfolk Group *

11801-73001 Norfolk Island Red-crowned parakeet (Cyanoramphus cookii) male perched in canopy foliage. Norfolk Island National Park, Norfolk Island. This rare species may well be the same parakeet which became extinct on Lord Howe Island, although as yet no phylogenetic reconstruction using DNA sequences as been undertaken *

11701-36209 Lord Howe woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) male 'sunning' during a break in the clouds, on the summit of Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *

11701-36203 Lord Howe woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) male at edge of palm forest, on the summit of Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *

11701-36201 Lord Howe woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) male in Blechnum fern at the edge of palm forest on the summit of Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *

11701-36103 Lord Howe woodhen (Gallirallus sylvestris) pair with male on left, resting beneath Blechnum ferns at the edge of palm forest on the summit of Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *

11701-75103 Lord Howe Currawong (Strepera graculina crissalis) on lichen covered branch in the palm forest on the summit of Mount Gower, Lord Howe Island *

11703-00102 Lord Howe horned turtle (Meiolania platyceps) reconstruction of an extinct species from Lord Howe Island. Similar animals once lived in New Zealand, and New Caledonia, and were much smaller than their giant relatives from the Australian continent.

11803-25004 Norfolk Island Skink (Oligosoma lichenigera) although Norfolk and Lord Howe islands are Australian territories, their plants and animals are closely related to many species native to New Zealand. This skink occurs on both Norfolk and Lord Howe Island Groups and belongs in the same genus as our New Zealand skinks. Phillip Island, Norfolk Group *