Hi folks,
Can anyone help me identify a seabird that I found beach-washed at Gunnamatta Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria last Thursday (see photos at www.penboc.org.au/seabird/)? I’m thinking that it is a Prion of some sort.*
Neil Shelley* ===============================
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Hi Neil, it is a Slender-billed Prion. Narrow bill with long distance between maxillary unguis and nostrils, tiny amount of black at tip of uppertail, long narrow strip of black on undertail coverts and undertail are typical characters. If these winter storms continue you should find many more as well as Antarctic, Salvin’s and Fairy Prions.
Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136