Bird ID - Lord Howe Island - NSW - Australia - Jan 24 (1 Viewer)

[Jamkat]

Hi, I took a number of shots of birds in Australia, some of which I could identify, some I have had a guess at following research, others I would appreciate some help with. I am sending out 3 emails, with 4 attachments per email, with as much info as I can supply.

1. Is this a Black Tern (taken on eastern side of island)
2. Is this a wedge tailed shearwater (apologies for the quality of this image)
3. Is this a long-tailed Jaeger (taken on eastern side of island)
4. I do not know what this is. (taken on the airport runway)

 

[mjh73]

Reckon you are right with Wedge-tailed Shearwater.

Airport bird is a Pacific Golden Plover.

Still thinking about the tern. Black would be a rare vagrant.

 

[lou salomon]

Still thinking about the tern. Black would be a rare vagrant.

Juvenile Sooty Tern would be my guess. Probably also in pic 3.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

juvenile sooty tern looks good for 1 and 3

https://live.staticflickr.com/7155/6792910033_30fa8d2667_b.jpg

 

[Butty]

1. Only pale rather than white on vent. I don't know if that's enough to make it sooty tern rather than brown noddy or black noddy? 🤷🏻

 

[Jamkat]

Reckon you are right with Wedge-tailed Shearwater.

Airport bird is a Pacific Golden Plover.

Still thinking about the tern. Black would be a rare vagrant.

Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

 

[Jamkat]

Juvenile Sooty Tern would be my guess. Probably also in pic 3.

Hi lou,

Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

 

[Jamkat]

juvenile sooty tern looks good for 1 and 3

https://live.staticflickr.com/7155/6792910033_30fa8d2667_b.jpg

Hi Joern, Thanks for your reply, much appreciated.

 

[Jamkat]

1. Only pale rather than white on vent. I don't know if that's enough to make it sooty tern rather than brown noddy or black noddy? 🤷🏻

Thanks for your help Butty. I am going to take my ID issues to contacts on LHI. Thanks

 

[njlarsen]

1. Only pale rather than white on vent. I don't know if that's enough to make it sooty tern rather than brown noddy or black noddy? 🤷🏻

Tail shape looks better for the noddy
Niels

 

[Butty]

Tail shape looks better for the noddy

I'd've thought not? Outer feathers look substantially longer?

 

[njlarsen]

I'd've thought not? Outer feathers look substantially longer?

I got an impression of a rounded tail on image three, but admit I might be wrong after looking again at image one.
Niels

 

[Butty]

Pic 3 presumably has to be juvenile sooty tern because of the obviously whitish vent area - and thus presumably a different bird from pic 1. Pic 3 also seems to show a sharp tail-corner which I assume also makes it sooty tern rather than a noddy.