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    passerine [Peru]

    Of course! Thank you! :-)
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    passerine [Peru]

    Hi there, I've photographed the following bird in the Colca canyon in Peru (at around 2500m altitude) and I'm having a hard time trying to identify it. I was hoping you could help me out! Thank you!
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    Passerines [Peru]

    Thank you! Here's two more pictures, although they're not exactly side view.
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    Waders + gull [Peru]

    Thank you Rafael!!
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    Waders + gull [Peru]

    Three more birds I haven't been able to identify. Any help is much appreciated! The first bird was photographed at 4000m altitude in the Salinas reserve near Arequipa. I can't think of anything better than that it's some sort of sandpiper. The gull was photographed at around the same altitude...
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    Passerines [Peru]

    Hello! I've been travelling around southern Peru and I've photographed a few birds I'm not able to identify, and I was hoping you could help me out. The blueish-black bird was on the south Peruvian coast. My wildest guess is that it's a blue-black grassquit (mainly because of the name... :-))...
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    Gulls, terns & cormorants [Peru]

    Thank you!
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    Gulls, terns & cormorants [Peru]

    Thanks! My last photo was of a very large group of these gulls that clearly belonged together - but maybe Franklin's and Laughing gulls tend to mix? I know nothing about non-European birds so I really appreciate your clear explanations!
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    Passerines [Peru]

    These were all taken in Camaná (just above sea level and very southerly) - your IDs look like perfect matches. Thanks a million!!
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    Wading birds [Peru]

    Thank you!!
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    Gulls, terns & cormorants [Peru]

    Thank you both! How does one distinguish between Laughing and Franklin's gull? I can't really tell them apart... My guide only shows Franklin's, and to me the gulls in this picture (see attached) look exactly like the guide's 'non-breeding' Franklin's gull. Now I'm not so sure anymore :-) With...
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    Wading birds [Peru]

    My final two (for now!) Peruvian ID requests. Again if you have any tips on how to distinguish these birds from similar species (especially the sandpiper(?)), it'd be much appreciated. Thank you! Anne
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    Gulls, terns & cormorants [Peru]

    Some more Peruvian birds I'm having trouble IDing :-) All of these birds were photographed at the south Peruvian shore. If you have any tips on how to distinguish these birds from similar species, I'd be much obliged. Thank you! Anne
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    Passerines [Peru]

    Hi there! I'm visiting a friend in Peru and am using my free time wisely... :-) Unfortunately my wildlife guide doesn't answer all my ID questions, so I was hoping you could help me figure it out. All of these birds were photographed near the south Peruvian shore. Thank you! Anne
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    Barnacle / Canada goose hybrid [Netherlands]

    They were indeed all in one place - lots of different sizes and colourations, quite the spectacle (and a bit confusing for a novice birder!) Thank you all for your explanations :-)
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    Barnacle / Canada goose hybrid [Netherlands]

    Thank you Stephen! :-)
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    Barnacle / Canada goose hybrid [Netherlands]

    Hi there! I was hoping you could help me identify the following geese. I presume they're Barnacle / Canada goose hybrids, though the last one looks like it's a regular Canada goose. Still, I know nothing about hybridisation at all, so I'd be happy to learn how to recognise and correctly...
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    Wader ID [Netherlands]

    Thanks!!
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    Wader ID [Netherlands]

    Hello! Identifying waders is not exactly my forte, especially around this time of year... So I'm going to need your help :-) Are these both dunlins, one nearer winter plumage than the other? Thank you!
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    passerine + raptor ID [Spain]

    Thank you Peter! He has very kind eyes, doesn't he ;-) Unfortunately I'm not yet knowledgeable enough to talk about variations, but I wouldn't deem it unlikely? I've noticed differences (both physical and behavioural) in birds between for example Ireland and Holland, and Andalusia is some...
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    passerine + raptor ID [Spain]

    Hi there! I've just got back from a holiday in the south of Spain, where I visited Doñana national park and came across many new birds, including these two, and I was hoping you could help me ID them. The passerine, I'm fairly sure, is a female pied flycatcher? And I think the raptor might be...
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    hybrid duck ID [Netherlands]

    Thanks! For some reason neither of my bird books show any examples of juvenile ducks and 'like female' only ends up confusing me :-) Manky mallard does have a ring to it...
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    hybrid duck ID [Netherlands]

    Hello! I went out for a walk today and was really excited to see some tufted ducks in the normally mallard-dominated pond... until I noticed the eye and bill colour of the duck in the first picture. The duck in the second picture looks 'better', but there were so many hybrids in the pond that...
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    duck ID [Netherlands]

    Thanks!!
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    duck ID [Netherlands]

    Hello! As you can tell from the pictures, I was mostly interested in the lapwings, and it's only now that I've noticed there's multiple different ducks too. However I'm not sure what ducks they are, so I was hoping you could lend me a hand. Judging from the large bill I think I'm seeing...
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