Identifying Palau's seabirds exercise

Objective

Practice and improve seabird identification skills

Instructions

In groups, look at the photographs of seabirds on this page, discuss and record:

  1. Species name
  2. Key features you used for identification

If applicable, make additional notes on:

  1. Age class, such as chick, juvenile, adult
  2. Male or female 
  3. Breeding status

You can use the Seabirds of Palau identification resources, including the Beginner, Breeding and Pelagic Keys.

Image 1 (Laura Percy)

 

Image 2 (Pacific Rim Conservation)

Image 3 (Emily Haber)

Image 4 (Tetiaroa Society)

Image 5 (Aurélien Audevard)

Image 6 (Martin Riethmuller)

Image 7 (Tetiaroa Society)

Image 8 (Kern Audubon Society)

Image 9 (Joke Baars)

Image 10 (Tetiaroa Society)

 

 

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