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| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) Herons, Egrets and Bitterns (Ardeidae) | |
| dk: Gulkronet Nathejre es: Garza Nocturna Corona Clara | |
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1619
(1 photos)
2012-04-06 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Compared to Black-crowned Night-heron the bill is darker and more blunt. Also the base color is more dark brown, and the plumage does not have any large white spots. A rather common species here on the coast. |
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1620
(1 photos)
2012-04-06 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Same as 1619. Here the uniform dark brown upper part is easier to see. |
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1621
(1 photos)
2012-04-06 Salinas de Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Same as 1619. |
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1622
(2 photos)
2012-05-12 El Tortugario - Estero Palo Verde, Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico 3cy bird. Pied looking plumage a mix between juvenile and adult. |
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1624
(1 photos)
2012-05-12 El Tortugario - Estero Palo Verde, Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. Unmistakable. |
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1625
(1 photos)
2012-05-12 El Tortugario - Estero Palo Verde, Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adulto. Same as 1624. |
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1626
(1 photos)
2012-05-19 El Tortugario - Estero Palo Verde, Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult bird in flight. The sharp light from above here enhances the effect of the bright edges to the upper wing coverts. |
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1627
(1 photos)
2012-05-19 El Tortugario - Estero Palo Verde, Cuyutlán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. |
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1628
(1 photos)
2012-11-18 Playa Miramar, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult with yellowish non-breeding legs. The brown color on top of the head must be dirt of some kind, perhaps oil. |
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1629
(1 photos)
2013-03-24 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Beautiful adult. |
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1630
(1 photos)
2013-03-25 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult foraging with White Ibises. |
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1631
(2 photos)
2013-03-25 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Illustrative with the uniformly brownish upper side. |
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1633
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult upper side, and you sense the red color of the legs indicating a bird in the stage of courtship. |
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1634
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico Breeding birds with red legs. |
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1635
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. If the bird is ready to breed, the pale leg color could indicate that it is a female. |
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1636
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico Another breeding bird. Male or female. What does the leg color tell? |
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1637
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult in breeding mode - red legs. |
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1638
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Hint of the adult head and some upper wing covets molted. The golden appearance is caused by the light. |
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1639
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Same as 1638. |
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1640
(1 photos)
2013-03-29 El Chupadero, Tecomán, Colima (Col), Mexico 2cy bird. Another individual than 1638. |
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1641
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult bird with winter legs. |
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1642
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult with winter legs. |
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1643
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. Very common species at this limited and cultivated locality. |
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1644
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. Same as 1643. |
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1645
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. |
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1646
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Wet adult. |
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1647
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Another wet adult. |
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1648
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult front view. |
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1649
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult with two Black-bellied Whistling-ducks. |
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1650
(1 photos)
2013-08-01 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico 1cy bird. The dark brown appearance with the dark blunt bill indicate this species. Notice that the white tips to the wing coverts, which are normally smaller on the juvenile than on the 2cy bird, here have all been worn off. |
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1651
(1 photos)
2013-08-02 Valle de las Garzas (laguna), Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. The yellow around the eye and at the base of the bill look unusual. I'm not sure if it is some kind of contamination, or an innate condition? |
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1652
(1 photos)
2013-08-02 Puerto de Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult bird with nest material. The birds fly from and to the trees along the beach promenade between the container harbor and the old downtown. |
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1653
(1 photos)
2013-12-28 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico 1cy bird. A rather bright and well-marked individual. |
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1654
(1 photos)
2013-12-28 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. |
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1655
(1 photos)
2013-12-28 Las Hadas Golf Course, Manzanillo, Colima (Col), Mexico Adult. Same as 1653. |
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