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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:01 am
by birdingnzer
OK - I'll play the game. It's a shame that forest birds aren't so cryptic so I guess will not really be included, they're the ones I'm familiar with. My guess is a juvenile common tern - please don't ridicule me :)
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:46 pm
by Shane McPherson
WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN
Chilidonia leucopterus
non-breeding plumage
An interesting perspective, and perfect to show off that identifying feature:
a saddle/club shaped dark patch from crown to nape (the black ear muffs are reasonably distinguished here too)
orange-grey legs
Shane
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:30 am
by Eila
This is a white winged black tern
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:33 am
by emmo66
First impression is a tern, but I think the long legs and reddish colour could mean Franklins Gull
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:33 pm
by Graham Saunders
White-winged Black tern
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:56 am
by keith
Blackfronted tern
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:40 am
by Nick Allen
White-winged Black Tern in non-breeding plumage
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:53 pm
by Wynston Cooper
My earlier answer has been worrying me ever since I sent it.
On reconsideration, given the apparent club-shaped nature of the black band over the head and down the nape I'll go with it being an immature white-winged black tern.
Cheers
Wynston
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 3:53 pm
by philbattley
White-winged Black Tern
Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:15 pm
by xsainnz
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)