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05-01-2010, 07:12 AM
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| |  Not British, but Red Bird for ID Please?
I honestly didn't know where else to go for this, I figured if there's people who like birds here there's bound to be someone who knows a fair bit about birds outside the UK too.
I only have an illustration, I'm sorry.  I don't know where it's found either, I only saw a brief glimpse of it and it was only a film clip. I never got to find out what film/show it was featured on (we were at shops and it was TVs in a shop window).
But I made a fast illustration before I would forget what it looks like and I think I got it pretty accurate. Can anyone identify this bird? All I remember seeing was it in trees in great numbers, and I think the legs were longer than what I drew there. In flight it looked quite big, perhaps bigger than a buzzard, and had a broad rounded wing shape in flight similar to a heron (because a heron's wings are the closest things I've seen to this bird's wings). It did not tuck in its legs in flight either, it left them hanging behind.  |
05-01-2010, 07:31 AM
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Scarlet Ibis?
Like the illustration 
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05-01-2010, 07:36 AM
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Thanks.  For the suggestion and compliment.
It was one of the first ones to come up in the google search, I just found it too fragile looking to be the bird I saw. The bird I saw also had a heavier beak, and wide yellow eyes with a black pupil, and grey feet. I might be wrong, but I have a funny feeling it's not a scarlet ibis. |
05-01-2010, 07:53 AM
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Roseate Spoonbill?
Edit - sorry, wrong beak again.
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05-01-2010, 07:59 AM
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'Fraid not, it was much more similar to the scarlet ibis.
Maybe it could have been some unusual sub-species of scarlet ibis, one with yellow eyes and grey feet? Because scarlet ibis is the closest thing so far.
Haha, ok, I fibbed I'm sorry about that. I said I saw it on TV so I might get more serious responses, truth is I saw it in a dream and I just wanted to see if it was real, if I had seen it in real life somewhere before. Now, I realise it probably isn't a real bird. But I learned of the existence of two bird species I never knew about before today so thanks!
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05-01-2010, 08:51 AM
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how odd! |
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Originally Posted by amoeba  'fraid not, it was much more similar to the scarlet ibis.
Maybe it could have been some unusual sub-species of scarlet ibis, one with yellow eyes and grey feet? Because scarlet ibis is the closest thing so far.
Haha, ok, i fibbed i'm sorry about that. I said i saw it on tv so i might get more serious responses, truth is i saw it in a dream and i just wanted to see if it was real, if i had seen it in real life somewhere before. Now, i realise it probably isn't a real bird. But i learned of the existence of two bird species i never knew about before today so thanks! | Wow
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05-01-2010, 01:37 PM
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Looks like a species of Ground hornbill.The fleshy bits on the bill are also present in 'groundbill.'
Google Abyssinian Ground Hornbill as a starter.
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05-01-2010, 06:45 PM
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Originally Posted by City Dweller Looks like a species of Ground hornbill.The fleshy bits on the bill are also present in 'groundbill.'
Google Abyssinian Ground Hornbill as a starter. | They're black and huge.!
Scarlet Ibis for me too. |
05-01-2010, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman They're black and huge.!
Scarlet Ibis for me too. | Errrr...this bird was in a guys dream???...not reality!!!
I do know what a AGH looks like...I have seen them in W Africa..and I have seen SI in South America........I was responding to the overall structure of his fantasy sketch | | | |
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