Gull-billed tern? Lake in Central Spain (1 Viewer)

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testoduro

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• May 17, 2021

• #1

Is this a GBT? All sorts of terns have been reported in the lake, so I find it tricky to give a definitive id. The pictures are likely the same bird, but not even 100% sure
Thanks in advance!

 

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Butty

Well-known member

• May 17, 2021

• #2

1, 3. Gullible tern.
2. Probably whiskered tern.

 

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Parker

Uncomfortably Numb.

• May 17, 2021

• #3

1 & 3 are certainly Gull billed tern but 2 looks more like Whiskered unless the light is playing tricks.

 

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testoduro

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• May 17, 2021

• #4

Thank you, Butty and Parker. Happy to see you agree on pic. no. 1 and 3 being a Gull-Billed Tern, a lifer to me. It's very difficult to tell the different kinds of tern apart in these seasonal lakes in Castilla- La Mancha, Spain. For a couple of months we can have Little, Gull-billed, Common, White-winged, Whiskered... Then in the summer the lakes dry out and there remains nothing.

 

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fdokykcu

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• May 17, 2021

• #5

I agree with Gull-billed Tern for 1&3 and Whiskered for 2. Which are, by the way, the most frequent at the area