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Bird Identification
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 3:19 pm
by Toko
This is the place to ask for identification. Please post your pictures here and add location and date of the sighting. Please do only one bird per post and put up all the views you have.
Interesting photos of identified species will be added to the Africa Wild bird book or the bird topics here on our forum.
And do please comment here and help other members to identify their birds!
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:21 am
by nan
have I already posted this Grey-headed Kingfisher ?
(I don't know where to search... sorry once more)
I read about the 120 pages here and found nothing about this bird
- Grey-headed Kingfisher female - Kgalagadi 13.2.2017
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:42 am
by Klipspringer
Adult Grey-headed KF has a chestnut belly and all red bill. Grey head and mantle (sometimes very pale).
Juvenile has grey-barred head and underparts (lacks streaking on head and flanks) and a more blackish bill, looks like this
http://www.waterberg-bioquest.co.za/Bir ... GhKnf.html
https://www.warwicktarboton.co.za/birdpgs/436GhKnf.html
A brown-hooded KF adult fem. and juv. has a brownish head streaked with black.
You have it as a Brown-hooded here
viewtopic.php?p=364851#p364851
All age-classes of Brown-hooded and Striped KFs have a brown-streaked crown, the crown of the juvenile Grey-headed KF has light transverse brown barring.
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:55 pm
by nan
Klipspringer
have look here :
many people ID as Grey-hooded.... on FB, if you click on the photo maybe it will open the thread... hope so
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 1:18 pm
by Klipspringer
It is a Grey-headed KF juvenile
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:22 pm
by nan
Thank you Klipspringer
and maybe have to modify (or cancel) the other that was wrong... sorry I had some doubts then I asked on KTP sightings
same points... or more points
not important, I can't no more beat Michele who will come with some rareties
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:53 pm
by Klipspringer
nan wrote: ↑Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:22 pm
Thank you Klipspringer
and maybe have to modify (or cancel) the other that was wrong... sorry I had some doubts then I asked on KTP sightings
same points... or more points
not important, I can't no more beat Michele who will come with some rareties
nan, I changed your entry on the KTP challange topic, same score points (100) for Brown-hooded and Grey-headed KF, so the challenge does not require any updates.
Re: Kgalagadi BIRD Challenge - Fun & Drinks
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 2:57 pm
by Lisbeth
Very difficult to ID, as there is no sign of a walnut belly nor is the bill blackish. Moreover the wings are brown and not black. Not only, also the KTP is out of range. I have however found a couple of photos on the internet looking more or less like Nan's pic and IDed as grey-headed KF.
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:02 pm
by Klipspringer
The barring and the not streaked crown are the give-away.
The bill and wing and belly coloration is maybe variable due to subspecies or populations - the older bird books don't differentiate these characters.
Both species are out of range, but the Brown-hooded more so
Re: Bird Identification
Posted: Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:07 pm
by Lisbeth
In any case, not an easy task....Gets easier when you know it
