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Amerikansk Slangehalsfugl ~ Anhinga Americana ~ Amerikansk Ormhalsfågel | |||||||||||||
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(2 photos)
2009-04-28 Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Lagartos, Mexico
Subspecies: leucogaster Immature. Assuming it's a young bird with very worn and brown flight and tail feathers. |
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714
(1 photos)
2012-04-07 Estero Palo Verde (El Tortugario - col), Mexico
Subspecies: leucogaster ♂. In breeding plumage with whitish neck patch and turquoise bare skin around the eye. Characteristic way of swimming with only the head and neck above the water like a snake. |
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713
(1 photos)
2012-04-21 Estero Palo Verde (El Tortugario - col), Mexico
Subspecies: leucogaster Adult. ♂. Breeding plumage where the whitish feathering on the neck is added to an otherwise mostly black neck. |
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712
(1 photos)
2012-05-12 Estero Palo Verde (El Tortugario - col), Mexico
Subspecies: leucogaster Pullus. It appears there is a certain dispersion what breeding time is concerned. This young is much younger than the bird on photo 711. Could it be a response to limited space in the breeding colony? |
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711
(1 photos)
2012-05-12 Estero Palo Verde (El Tortugario - col), Mexico
Subspecies: leucogaster Juvenile. Still with down on breast and neck. A scarce breeding species in the estuary. |