Rissa tridactyla? (Portugal, october 2018) (1 Viewer)

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Miguel Berkemeier

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• Oct 22, 2018

• #1

Almada

 

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Oct 22, 2018

• #2

Tough with these tiny pics, but looks good :t:

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Oct 22, 2018

• #3

If you want better photos of Kittiwakes, try coming to Newcastle, you can take them at 10 centimetres range :-O

 

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Miguel Berkemeier

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• Oct 22, 2018

• #4

Nutcracker said:

Tough with these tiny pics, but looks good :t:

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Thanks! But should the bird be a juvenile?

 

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Miguel Berkemeier

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• Oct 22, 2018

• #5

Nutcracker said:

If you want better photos of Kittiwakes, try coming to Newcastle, you can take them at 10 centimetres range :-O

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Really amazing!!

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Oct 22, 2018

• #6

Miguel Berkemeier said:

Thanks! But should the bird be a juvenile?

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No; solid black wingtips with grey on the rest of the wings. Juvenile Kitti has a black 'W' across the wings and a black collar (my camera isn't good for flying birds, but here's a juvenile stretching a wing).

My only worry is that yours could possibly be a near-adult of a large Larus species, not old enough to have developed the white wingtip 'mirrors' yet. But I'd say about 95% sure it is a Kittiwake. Just wishing it was slightly closer!!

 

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lou salomon

the birdonist

• Oct 23, 2018

• #7

structure looks good for kittiwake but hard to be 100% sure from those pics.