ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
- birdingnzer
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
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 :)
- Shane McPherson
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
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
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
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
This is a white winged black tern
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
First impression is a tern, but I think the long legs and reddish colour could mean Franklins Gull
- Graham Saunders
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
White-winged Black tern
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Blackfronted tern
- Nick Allen
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White-winged Black Tern in non-breeding plumage
- Wynston Cooper
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
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
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
- philbattley
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
White-winged Black Tern
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Re: ID Challenge #2 - closes 14 September 2009
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)