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Mis ID'd petrel on a web page

To: "'Tom and Mandy Wilson'" <>, <>, "'birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Mis ID'd petrel on a web page
From: "Jeff Davies" <>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:53:44 +1100
G'day again Tom, 

Peter Ryan is a well known South African birder his email is


Cheers Jeff.



-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Davies  
Sent: Saturday, 17 October 2009 1:50 PM
To: 'Tom and Mandy Wilson'; ; 'birding-aus'
Subject: Mis ID'd petrel on a web page

G'day Tom,

I thought Rohan did such an excellent job I would leave this one alone, but
if you are still going for Soft-plumaged then I better put my hand up for
White-headed for all the reasons Rohan has outlined. The collar on this bird
is not typical but not unusual for White-headed, if you want some more
features then the bird is too bulky for Soft-plumaged especially at the rear
end and the head and bill are too large. These features are more difficult
to qualify but are relevant none the less. For an absolute knock out feature
then look at the tail which is white as pointed out by Rohan.
Thanks for posting this on the forum, a very useful exercise but it would be
even better if more people got involved.

Cheers Jeff.

  

-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Tom and Mandy Wilson
Sent: Saturday, 17 October 2009 12:13 PM
To: ; birding-aus
Subject: Mis ID'd petrel on a web page


Rohan and others that replied
thanks - having looked and and read the comments back, I'm still leaning to 
Soft Plumaged over White Headed on the amount that the collar wraps around 
the neck, although it seems to show characteristics of both.  I see from the

website that there is an attributed photographer, so they may have some 
notes too? I'll send them a comment and see what they say.
Cheers
Tom Wilson 

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