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[Tropicbirds] Immature Tropicbird sp. 鸏

This is definitely a White-Tailed Tropicbird.  Please wait a while for me to  tell you the evidence.  Thanks for the photo.

HF Cheung

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One can refer to the Bird of the Indian Subcontinent, by Richard Grimmett, Coral Inskipp and Tim Inskipp. White-tailed Tropicbird has smaller bill compared to the other two Tropicbird species. A juvenile White-tailed Tropicbird has pale yellow bill. It has several black primaries at the wing tip. In comparision, Red-billed Tropicbird has much more black primaries at the wing tip, while Red-tailed has grey or black bill and no black primaries.

HF Cheung

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