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Oriental Pratincoles

To: "Phil Joy" <>, "Grant Pearson" <>, <>
Subject: Oriental Pratincoles
From: Frank O'Connor <>
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 21:17:39 +0800
At 10:02 AM 8/02/2004, Phil Joy wrote:
Would it be likely that the ranks of the Oriental Pratincole have been
swollen by an influx of  Common and/or Black-winged Pratincoles given that
the three species are very similar, are difficult to distinguish on the
ground and flyway crossovers are not unheard of, also the three species are
known to associate freely in India.

They were definitely Oriental Pratincoles. We caught 250. We have seen 100,000++ very close on the beach while twinkling with vehicles for the catches. Also 10,000+++ flying very low over the plain while feeding. There was no mistaking the identification.


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