Month: July 2020

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

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And there was one at Stockton Sandspit on the Hunter Estuary last summer wasn’t there?   From: Greg & Val Clancy Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 6:44 PM To: ‘Geoffrey Dabb’ ; birding-aus@birding-aus.org Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)?   The ‘Northern’ or ‘Common’ Gull-billed Tern also … Read more

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

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Isn’t the “Australian” in “Australian Tern” and “Australian Gull-billed Tern” simply to denote that it is a breeding endemic (with one recent breeding record in NZ noted)? Otherwise we could call Australian Pelican the “Largely Australian Pelican” under that logic? Australian Pied Oystercatcher and other “Australian…” species are recorded in nearby Indonesia etc. It’s the … Read more

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

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The ‘Northern’ or ‘Common’ Gull-billed Tern also occurs occasionally in NSW.  I have seen and photographed it in the Clarence Valley, north coast NSW.   Greg Clancy   From: Birding-Aus <birding-aus-bounces@birding-aus.org&gt; On Behalf Of Geoffrey DabbSent: Sunday, July 19, 2020 4:32 PMTo: birding-aus@birding-aus.orgSubject: [Birding-Aus] Is that a Gull-billed Tern (Australian) or an Australian Tern (Gull-billed)? … Read more

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

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Northern and Southern GBT? Cas On Sun, Jul 19, 2020 at 5:01 PM Martin Butterfield <martinflab@gmail.com> wrote: 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 … Read more