east african gulls and terns (1 Viewer)

Fink

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2017

• #1

I can see 3 different gulls/terns, but I was asking me if the bigger tern on the right side is another one?

#1 white winged tern
#2 grey-headed gull
#3 lesser black-backed gull

Thx

 

Attachments

• 
  IMGP9993.JPG

  469.4 KB · Views: 102

dwatsonbirder

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2017

• #2

Agree, and the other tern is gull-billed. The LBBG's are very likely to all be fuscus - all the ones I saw in Uganda in September were. I probably should have been enjoying the elephants more than those 1 winter, tapered winged, elegant larids!

 

S

SteveClifton

Well-known member

• Nov 15, 2017

• #3

Great photo! Gull-billed Tern on the right

 

Fink

Well-known member

• Nov 16, 2017

• #4

SteveClifton said:

Great photo! Gull-billed Tern on the right

Click to expand...

Thx, I shot over 150 different birds in Uganda. But I am not always sure in gulls and terns, they are sometimes very difficult to seperate.

So could you also check if these are gull-billed or white-winged terns?

Thank you!

PS: I am working to load some more good or rare pics to the gallery.

 

Attachments

• 
  IMGP9919.JPG

  512.3 KB · Views: 44
• 
  IMGP9986.JPG

  442.3 KB · Views: 41

lou salomon

the birdonist

• Nov 16, 2017

• #5

white-winged. gull-billed is much larger, about the size of the grey-headed gulls.

 

S

SteveClifton

Well-known member

• Nov 16, 2017

• #6

lou salomon said:

white-winged. gull-billed is much larger, about the size of the grey-headed gulls.

Click to expand...

Agree all White-winged