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Is anybody willing to speculate on the sex and the
race of the Kentish Plover at Old Bar? Niven McCrie's bird at Darwin in November
1988 was considered to be of the race dealbatus (Japan, E China) and comparing
the picture on the BARC Website and Hayman it looked like a adult male in
breeding plumage.
The Old Bar bird is certainly a non-breeding adult
or a juvenile and my guess is a juvenile based only on the scruffiness of the
bird particularly around the supercilium. However, which race. The bird at
Old Bar more closely resembled the nominate race (N Africa, W Europe to Korea)
in the overall colour of the bird according to Hayman but maybe the non breeding
dealbatus is not as dark as shown in Hayman. Does anybody have an
opinion???
Who is writing up the BARC
submission??
Allan
Allan Benson
Niagara
Park
NSW
43627189
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