Chlidonias 18 Aug 2010 the bird in this photo is an Australasian harrier Circus approximans (swamp harrier to Australians)
N N NathanRGMan 21 Jan 2011 Does Fiji have a different subspecies? That one looks much more rufous and black then the ones I've seen, though, I've seen pictures of them in so many different colours....
Does Fiji have a different subspecies? That one looks much more rufous and black then the ones I've seen, though, I've seen pictures of them in so many different colours....
Chlidonias 21 Jan 2011 Circus approximans doesn't have any accepted subspecies. They are just quite variable birds.