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lwo
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Bridled Tern 褐翅燕鷗, They came for breeding.
« on: Jun 16th, 2005, 9:03pm » |
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Dear all,
I would like to share some photo of Bridled Tern that breeding in Similan rima Island, Mo Ko Similand National Park.
We call this bird in Thai name " Nok Nangnual Gleg Khiw khao"
Nok= Bird
Nangnual= Tern
Gleg= Grey
Khiw= brow
Khao= white
All photos are not mine, but taken by Thai bird researcher in name "Tum" who study on Nicobar Pigeon in that Island on the end of April this year.
The Similan Islands lie approximately 100 kilometres northwest of Phuket in the Andaman Sea. In 1982, this 128 square kilometres area was declared a marine national park, and in recent years this group of nine small islands (Similan is derived from the Malay sembilan, and means nine) has become one of the leading attractions for visitors to Southern Thailand.
500 Bridled Tern cames to Similan Island for breeding on the end of April.
They like to lay egg on the ground.
the colour of their egg very harmoniously with the ground.
By the way, I found some of tern photo from the researcher. Have anyone ID this tern? It look likes Sooty Tern for me but Sooty Tern are rare winter visitor in Thailand.
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鳥友Ａ(BWA)
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Re: Bridled Tern 褐翅燕鷗, They came for breeding.
« Reply #1 on: Jun 17th, 2005, 2:40pm » |
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Dear lwo,
Thanks for sharing. Hope that they breed successfully in both HK and Thailand.
Regards,
BWA
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