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A quick qualification, I do acknowledge that the occasional female Lesser Frigate can have a blue eye-ring off the east coast but it’s not the normal appearance. So the ID should rest on the shape of the white breast patch without tabs onto the under-wing and lack of a sharply demarcated hood with white collar.
Cheers Jeff.
Sent: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 6:54 PM Cc: Birding-aus (birding-aus@vicnet.net.au)
G’day Dominic,
The first impression from looking at your bird is a darkish throated female Great Frigatebird and that’s what I think it is. Shifting the levels around on your two images shows a blue eye-ring and the bird is lacking white tabs into the underwing, none of this is good for Lesser in the Coral Sea. I would say that the darkish throat, which is probably the reason for your caution, is not a problem and within the spectrum for female Great Frigatebird.
Cheers Jeff Davies.
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