Hello all. I have just returned from a journey to the southern states, and, since I have limited experience with some of the species I’ve photographed, I am seeking some ID confirmation.
Bird 1 was photographed at a roadside rest stop north of Wanganella in NSW. It was in open country. I think it is either a Pink robin or a Flame robin. I am leaning towards Flame because it looks as if it may have white along the tail edge (although I don’t recall noticing this on the live bird.
Bird 2 looks slightly larger than a Common Tern. The bill is long and I have a blurry photo of the underwing which shows no dark trailing edge. I am leaning toward White-fronted Tern which I’ve seen in NZ but only in breeding plumage. It was taken at Waitpinga Beach in SA.
Bird 3 & 4. Taken at Mt Lyndhurst Station. (I’m not 100% sure it’s the same bird) Either an Elegant Parrot or a Blue-winged. I am leaning towards BW parrot because the frontal band seems to stop dead at the eye, although the wing seems to have less blue than in the field guides.
The images are here at http://www.pbase.com/sjmurray/confirmation_required
I would be interested in any comments.
Steve Murray
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Hi Steve Bird 3 I think it is a blue winged-I see elegants as being much brighter yellow on front.
Gary
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Hi Steve, Bird 2 – I believe is a 1st year White-fronted Tern.
I took photos of very similar looking Terns in Jul 09, which Chris Corben identified for me, as 1st year White-fronted Terns. A couple of Chris’s comments about my photos, which I think can also relate to your photo are: “The dark centred tertials – these are juvenal feathers and it’s far too early to be seeing juvenal Common Tern in Australia ” “The white upper edge to the primaries, seen beautifully in Tern2 at rest. This is caused by the way the white on the inner webs of the primaries extends out towards the tip around the dark marks. It is never seen like this in Common Tern.”
You can see the full response from Chris here: http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/birding-aus/2009-07/msg001 84.html
Cheers, Steve McBride.
Hi Steve
Bird #1 is a Flame Robin. Bird #2 is a White-fronted Tern Bird #3 appears to me to be a Blue-winged Parrot, but not 100% certain. I’m leaning toward BW due to amount of blue in wing, rather than considering the amount & length of blue in the frontal band. Bird #4 looks a different bird to #3. It’s an immature bird, but from that pic could be either a BW or an Elegant.
Sorry, I can’t be ceratin on the parrots shots. Do you have other pics of these birds??
Maybe someone else is more confident with the parrot ID’s…??
Cheers
Martin Cachard Cairns 0428 782 808
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