Bubo
Registered Birder
attempted to ID this tern (i am not sure they are all the same bird, taken at different intervals, same day/location, but i think they're all the same species - but which is my issue).
i'm leaning towards elegant tern, only other possibility would be caspian which from research would have a darker more reddish bill, thicker too.
theoretically the choices for terns for this location and time of year are;
caspian, elegant, royal and common.
any way to know what species this would be, and pointers on how to tell the difference between these 4?
thank you.
i'm leaning towards elegant tern, only other possibility would be caspian which from research would have a darker more reddish bill, thicker too.
theoretically the choices for terns for this location and time of year are;
caspian, elegant, royal and common.
any way to know what species this would be, and pointers on how to tell the difference between these 4?
thank you.