Fiordland Penguin (Royal) in Geelong

[Frank O'Connor <>]

At 05:43 PM 29/07/2008, Peter Shute wrote:
> Do you mean that it's hard to tell these birds apart even in the hand? Or 
> just that it's hard from the limited photographs available?
> Does the shortness of the brow of this one at least show that it's immature?
It is the juveniles / immatures that can be difficult to tell apart using 
photographs.  Usually in the hand measurements will determine the species.
Yes, this bird is an immature.


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