tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016007133046232874.post8129292024871929246..comments2023-10-24T15:29:24.564+05:30Comments on Sri Lanka Birds: A Sand Martin and a White–cheeked Tern: Two vagrant species captured at Bundala National ParkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016007133046232874.post-81512038181850754802009-01-03T11:21:00.000+05:302009-01-03T11:21:00.000+05:30Mike,Thanks for the information and photos. Detail...Mike,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the information and photos. <BR/><BR/>Detailed article on this record with the measurements of the birds will be published later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016007133046232874.post-46237610156892738452009-01-01T22:35:00.000+05:302009-01-01T22:35:00.000+05:30Congratulations on two great records. Note that di...Congratulations on two great records. Note that distinguishing Sand Martin from the <I>tibetana</I> or <I>fohkienensis</I> subspecies of Pale Martin is apparently very difficult, e.g. see Birds of South Asia, Rasmussen and Anderton (2005). Because of this I was unsure of some birds seen in Karnataka, south India in 2008: <A HREF="http://www.bubo.org/gallery/list.php?exhibition=26" REL="nofollow">see photos on www.bubo.org</A>. I haven't been able to find much convincing information about field id of <I>tibetana</I> and, in the absence of this, consider the birds seen by me, and the Bundala bird, to indeed be Sand Martins. I would welcome further information though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com