The H5 bird flu, in a move that surprised absolutely no one, has officially been detected in local Australian wildlife for the first time. The unlucky winner of this dubious distinction is a greater crested tern found dead at Robe on South Australia's Limestone Coast, as announced by federal agriculture minister Julie Collins on Friday.

"While this, of course, is a concerning development, it is not unexpected," Collins said, presumably while practicing her "calm but serious" face. The bird tested positive for H5, joining a club previously limited to migratory subantarctic seabirds, mostly giant petrels, found on the coasts of SA, Western Australia, and New South Wales.

The South Australian government is now leading the response, conducting extra surveillance to see if the tern was a lone wolf or the start of a trend. Collins noted that the affected species shares coastal range with the migratory birds that previously tested positive, which is a bit like blaming the victim for living in a bad neighborhood.

Earlier this week, SA completed its largest aerial survey of the state's coastline, islands, and reefs in 40 years, finding "no widespread evidence of sick or dead seabirds or seals." So for now, it's just one very unfortunate tern and a whole lot of government vigilance.