What Tern?

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Azza210328
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What Tern?

Just near my local beach in Bamaga (the tip of the Cape York Penisula) I spotted this tern? ANyone have any idea of the species?

timmo
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Hi Azza,

I think this might also be a Gull-billed Tern, but a juvenile.

Almost all of the other terns have much narrower beaks.

Cheers
Tim
Brisbane

Steven.McBride
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It's a juvenile (Great) Crested Tern.   Gull-billed Terns have a different shaped black bill.

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