Fantastic Simon,
Now we have a complete picture of under-wing variance and the birds are
looking exactly normal for Arabian Shearwater.
This is a very exciting discovery.
Cheers Jeff.
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Subject: RE: Arabian ... new seabird for Australia?
Rob,
This all helps a lot, thanks. I've now taken some time to upload more shots
to Bird-O that will show the range of underwing markings. As you'll see,
many of them are very dark. The feedback so far is positive and there really
is little else these can be.
http://birdo.wildiaries.com/trips/10330
Very exciting! Just goes to show how much there is still to discover in our
mighty country.
...and yes, Arabian or Persian Shearwater, depending on your naming
preference. Note, pink legs are a very significant character for separating
from Tropical, well visible in one of the photos linked to above
(http://birdo.wildiaries.com/pictures/30941).
Note again, I have arranged a vessel to the birds leaving on the 6th. EOIs
to me quickly please on 0405 220830.
Simon.
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Subject: Arabian ... new seabird for Australia?
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:54:50 +0000
Hi Simon
An interesting discovery whatever they are. Well done!
I have seen large nos. of Arabian (we used to call them Persian) Shearwaters
in Oman (Mirbat) and small nos in the UAE when I lived there. There do look
good for Arabian (which I think have also been recorded off Sri Lanka and
India?) but I remember a much darker underwing than this (more like a
Hutton's underwing). Have a look at some of Jans Erikens shots from Mirbat):
http://www.birdsoman.com/Birds/011-Petrels/PersianShearwater/PersianShearwat
er.htm
This could be moult / wear or the light / photos from you trip? Also I don't
remember the eye looking so prominent (almost Little like) although Arabian
can almost look like it has a poorly defined pale supercilium.
I've seen Audubon's on the Seychelles (I think this is now 'Tropical') and
their upper parts are a sooty black colour - but the white sides of the rump
are not always an obvious feature. In essence Arabian and Tropical (the
forms I have seen in the Indian Ocean) are like comparing a Balearic and
Manx Shearwater - colouration wise (this will mean more to Poms who grew up
sea watching off Cornwall!). These birds don't look like Tropicals I've seen
in the Indian Ocean.
This probably doesn't help much............!
cheersRob Morris
Brisbane, Australia
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> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:09:10 +1000
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Ashmore Update and ... new seabird for Australia?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> We've just got back from the most awesome Ashmore Reef trip. The details
are on the Bird-O front page. There's also a brief article on what we think
is a wintering ground for Arabian Shearwater in Australian waters - which
would be a new bird for the continent.
>
> More to come
later...http://bird-o.com/2010/10/22/is-arabian-shearwater-a-new-wintering-s
eabird-for-australia/
>
> Simon.
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