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Skimmers , Oman, Taqah beach (Salalah), 2015-01-06

2 skimmers at the beach at Oman. African or Indian? One of the birds clearly have greyish tail feathers (not pure White). The other bird seems to be moulting its tail. Comments on ID? Both species would be great rarities in Oman.

Mattias Ullman Amateur photographer

© Mattias Ullman

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