Inset of the photo below showing the surfbirds as winter visitors in January, 2009.
The surfbirds above seen in January 2009 on Race Rocks, are the larger of the two species shown here. The smaller birds are Rock Sandpipers. Photo by Barry Herring |
Surbirds in flight. Photo by Ryan Murphy |
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Domain |
Eukarya |
Kingdom |
Animalia |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Subphylum |
Vertebrata |
Class |
Aves |
Order |
Charadriiformes |
Family |
Scolopacidae |
Genus |
Aphriza |
Species |
virgata |
Common Name: |
Surfbird |
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Surfbird in breeding plumage
Photo by Mike Robinson,
April 2013
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Surfbird eating sea lettuce
Photo by Mike Robinson,
April 2013
Below, in this photo by Barry Herring we can contrast the back coloration in flight of the Surfbird. on the left and the Black Turnstone on the right.
Return to the Race Rocks taxonomy Index
This file is provided as part of a collaborative effort by the students, faculty, s staff and volunteers of Lester B. Pearson College |
Dec. 2002 |
Claude Bajada
(PC Yr 29) Malta |