El Hondo - Spain: Tern x2 (1 Viewer)

[lunitis]

Hi.
Photos from the 20th October.
I spent quite a lot of time trying to id these birds.
Someone saw a white winged tern in this place a few days before ( not very common here). That was my goal.
Checking the guide my bet guess is whiskered tern for the left one and black tern for the right one.
What do you think?
TY.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello,

I agree with your ID.
The right bird is the same as in the other thread I think, and the left bird is a Whiskered Tern.
White winged Tern should show a smaller, shorter bill and some at least a gently rounded head, resulting in a different jizz.

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Hello,

I agree with your ID.
The right bird is the same as in the other thread I think, and the left bird is a Whiskered Tern.
White winged Tern should show a smaller, shorter bill and some at least a gently rounded head, resulting in a different jizz.

Also note the dusky shoulder patch - a good (key) feature for separating NBR White-winged from Black Terns