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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Songkhran" data-source="post: 1269761" data-attributes="member: 96691">I would think its between Arctic and Long -tailedPro - Long-tailed features  -overall plumage very cold and pale, even the black barring appears quite cold, with no warm brown tones, overall body shape quite delicate looking, very pale head, barred undertail coverts, possibly more black and white and prominent than Arctic, small compact rounded head, cute expression (apologies) small but fairly sturdy bill - guess you could only see this at close range,I'm trying to see any pro Arctic Skua features, can't see any as yet, but may well be proved wrong, can't see any Pom features. I'll stick my neck out and say pale phase LTS.A bit resting on this as i claimed a juv Long-tailed last week.</blockquote>