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Moult in early spring Saunders’s Terns in Oman
Ageing, Identification Marcel Gil Velasco Ageing, Identification Marcel Gil Velasco

Moult in early spring Saunders’s Terns in Oman

Little and Saunders’s Terns are very similar even in breeding plumage but at least there are some keys to follow. In wintertime, however, the identification relies mainly on the moult of flight feathers and still little has been done in that respect. The presence of a large flock of mainly Saunders’s Terns in Khawr Dhurf, Oman, in February 2019, provided prolonged views and photographs of this species, which were then used to perform this moult analysis.

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