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greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii), gulls (Larus sp.), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii), western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
| Subject: | greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii), gulls (Larus sp.), great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii), western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
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Date: 2010:11:07 13:18:29
Camera: DSC-HX1 (SONY)
F number: f/6.3
Exposure: 10/10000 sec
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Upload Date: 2017:05:10 16:40:21
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Birds & beach, Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia
From Left to Right:
- greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- gulls (Larus sp.)
- great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (immature)
- sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) immature
- western reef heron (Egretta gularis)
Date 7 November 2010, 13:18
Source birds & beach
Author Don Toofee http://www.flickr.com/people/39844984@N02 from Dammam, KSA
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_%26_beach_(5166249139).jpg
The greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii), also called crested tern or swift tern, is a tern in the family Laridae that nests in dense colonies on coastlines and islands in the tropical and subtropical Old World.
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.
The sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) is a species of gull in the family Laridae, also known as the Aden gull or Hemprich's gull. It is found in Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, India, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Maldives, Mozambique, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.
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Scientific Name: Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Common Names: Western Reef-egret, Western Reef Heron
French: Aigrette à gorge blanche, Aigrette des récifs; German: Küstenreiher; Spanish: Garceta dimorfa
Taxonomy: Ardea gularis Bosc, 1792, Senegal River.
Synonyms: Egretta dimorpha Hartert, 1914 |
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