Alan, it *looks* like the same bird but it seems they are different: "African hoopoe differs from the eurasian hoopoe: male African hoopoe has richer colour above, it lacks the subterminal white band on the crest, and has black primaries. they are two separated species" (gleaned from the net) .
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 9:40 AM Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting that it is known as the African Hoopoe here yet appears to > be the same bird. Here is a shot of one on my front lawn. Scroll R for > some others. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/27321465641/ > > Alan C > > K7 & HD 55-300 > > On 17-Aug-18 05:22 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > this is the best shot of this bird i have managed so far: > > > > http://something-feathered.in/2018/08/17/eurasian-hoopoe/ > > > > comments appreciated. > > > > ~subash > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
