Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?

Obviously the people at the IOC have discovered what medication a politician serving a country between Mexico and Canada is using and overdosed on it. Martin Butterfield http://franmart.blogspot.com.au/ https://mallacootaweatherwildlife.blogspot.com/ On Sun, 19 Jul 2020 at 16:33, Geoffrey Dabb <gdabb@iinet.net.au> wrote: This moderately common inhabitant of our   fields and beaches shows the problems we have with … Read more

Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?

This moderately common inhabitant of our   fields and beaches shows the problems we have with names.   First, some authorities regard it as one with a widespread northern species, some split it off as a different species, Gelochelidon macrotarsa. Gould thought it was different, ‘a fine species of Tern, which proved to be new to science’, … Read more