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Gull-Billed or Whiskered Terns?

Gull-Billed or Whiskered Terns?

Taken at Sai Kung 30th May.

Can someone please help me to decide if these are both Whiskered or Gull-billed terns.

Thanks in advance.

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Both Whiskered Terns. The first one is only partly in breeding plumage. Notice the dark underparts and dark red bill characteristic of breeding-plumage Whiskered.

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