Bird name

[Phil Gregory <>]

Likewise but our masters decreed otherwise, adding Australian and Common to Gull-billed Tern seemed so obvious☹️

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On 22 May 2026, at 2:42 pm, Tony via Birding-Aus <> wrote:



Hi Geoffrey,

                                                                               

It takes some getting used to I have to admit.   But Australian Tern and Gull-billed Tern is fine with me.  But agreed I  would have preferred

Australian Gull-billed  Tern and Common Gull-billed Tern

 

Cheers,

Tony

 

 

 

 

 

From: Birding-Aus <> On Behalf Of Geoffrey Dabb via Birding-Aus
Sent: Friday, 22 May 2026 1:56 PM
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Subject: [Birding-Aus] Bird name

 

I would be very interested to hear what people think of the different English names for the one species that are now appearing:  sometimes  ‘Australian Gull-billed Tern’, sometimes ‘Australian Tern’.

 

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