Is this a Gull-billed Tern? (1 Viewer)

delia todd

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• Dec 5, 2019

• #1

Seen in Brisbane area in September.

 

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Richard Prior

Halfway up an Alp

• Dec 5, 2019

• #2

Looks good to me Delia (the version in Oz may have been split from the one in the Western Palearctic but I’m not sure).

 

delia todd

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• Dec 5, 2019

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Ooooh!! Thanks Richard.

Never even saw it (it was in amongst a group of Great Crested Terns) and rather distant. It was only when studying the picture preparing to process it that I spotted it.

Is that still a Life Tick I wonder?

 

jmorlan

Hmmm. That's funny

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• Dec 5, 2019

• #4

Looks good to me. Crested Terns on the left.

 

Brian J Small

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• Dec 5, 2019

• #5

https://www.hbw.com/species/australian-gull-billed-tern-gelochelidon-macrotarsa

Also now split by IOC

Brian

 

delia todd

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• Dec 5, 2019

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Thanks Joe and Brian for the confirmations.

 

Richard Prior

Halfway up an Alp

• Dec 5, 2019

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delia todd said:

Ooooh!! Thanks Richard.

Never even saw it (it was in amongst a group of Great Crested Terns) and rather distant. It was only when studying the picture preparing to process it that I spotted it.

Is that still a Life Tick I wonder?

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It’s frustrating I know Delia, but I couldn’t bring myself to tick it in those circumstances ( but I promise not to tell if you do so).

 

dantheman

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• Dec 5, 2019

• #8

delia todd said:

Is that still a Life Tick I wonder?

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Agree with Richard, and most others wouldn't tick it either I believe ...

(But it's your list, your rules etc ...blah blah blah ... )


I guess it's down to seeing and enjoying the bird at the time - if you'd known it was something different and wanted confirmation after that would be different ...

 

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Earnest lad

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• Dec 5, 2019

• #9

An Indian Silverbill was in a photo I took, but I only spotted the bird after I looked at the photo on the computer

 

ChiGuy

To-Be Ornithologist

• Dec 6, 2019

• #10

I'm not sure but you can always identify it at allaboutbirds.org.

 

KC Foggin

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• Dec 6, 2019

• #11

Ummm.. he's in the perfect place to get a bird identification

 

myoudale

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• Dec 6, 2019

• #12

A little blog post with some comparison photos of Australian Tern and Gull Billed Tern

http://blogs.ecology-solutions.com....-of-gull-billed-tern-subspecies-in-australia/

 

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Dawsy

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• Dec 6, 2019

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delia todd said:

Ooooh!! Thanks Richard.

Never even saw it (it was in amongst a group of Great Crested Terns) and rather distant. It was only when studying the picture preparing to process it that I spotted it.

Is that still a Life Tick I wonder?

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Tick it now. Untick it later when you're less emotionally attached then tick it again when you actually see one. Double the fun. That's the approach I often take with uncertain IDs.
Michael