birding-aus juvenile or immature?

[van Roekel <>]

Hello Aus-birders,

Recently I was on Parson's Beach in South Australia looking for the Hooded
Plover. I found a bird with all the right characterisitics except that the
hood was grey instead of black. Slater's Field Guide which I had with me had
a picture of a juvenile, which had bits of brown around the head and didn't
look much like my bird at all. When I got home I consulted Pizzey and Knight
and found a picute labelled immature exactly corresponding to my bird. I
would greatly appreciate some clarification of when a bird is juvenile and
when immature or whether it can be both at once.

Many thanks,

Anne van Roekel.

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