I agree, whiskered tern are regularly recorded at yanga, and so this is the
most likely species, particularly if you were looking at yanga lake near the
homestead.
Cheers,
Peter
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> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:52:42 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Unidentified tern at Lake Cargellico
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> Why would WWBT de developing breeding plumage when they have just migrated
> from their breeding grounds in the Northern hemisphere? Sounds an odd
> observation, they were probably Whiskered Terns which do develop black on
> their belly and chest and breed in Australia in spring!!!
>
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> > On 14 Oct 2015, at 21:39, Simon <> wrote:
> >
> > A colleague and I were visiting Yanga National Park in NSW today and
> > identified what were certainly a number of white winged (black) terns
> > (Chlidonias leucopeterus) in developing breeding plumage (black appearing on
> > the lower chest and belly). They weren't on the Park's bird list.
> >
> >
> >
> > There were other terns too, but too far away to ID.
> >
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> > Simon Robinson
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