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  1. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    I just looked again and see that Mark Bruce commented on the photo when it was first uploaded. He says he thinks its a grebe and not a cormorant. Have a look at the Opus page for best match of grebe species. The OP thinks it's a cormorant fledgling, presumably because of the size. I've sent a...
  2. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    Great Cormorant is correct, so I've changed the scientific name. Pied Cormorant should be Black-faced, as Pied has a yellow face, so I've changed that one. The other one is definitely a grebe, maybe Australasian Little Grebe by size and shape. Perhaps someone else can check this one out.
  3. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    I just checked an online world bird guide (MangoVerde) and the name Eastern Red-footed Falcon is an alternative for Amur Falcon. There is a separate species: Western Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus), usually just called Red-footed Falcon, which winters in SW Africa, S from Angola, Namibia...
  4. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    Sorry, Ian. I'll slap myself on the wrists and make sure I don't do it again :eek!:
  5. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    I edited the title to the correct name, too!
  6. HelenB

    Report images in the Gallery with the wrong scientific name

    I've added the Phylloscopus bonelli to this painting in the gallery.
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