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Bird species (IOC): |
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza) - species factsheet |
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Voice: |
Voices can be found here (external link). |
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Location: |
Rio Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico |
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Date: |
6th April 2015 |
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Picture info: |
Endemic to 2-3 states of Mexico - not common but most common in scrub and mangrove (and smaller cities near by)in the far costal north of Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Here at 6 am in the morning at the ordinary size chicken-fence in front of a village-house - an app. 3 month old juvenile; - fully able to fly and 'escape'. By the way - the tail of the youngster shows the beginning 'shear-tail'. Another picture shows that the young bird was waiting to be 'serviced' by a parent bird. I presume that the young bird might be a female - white tail-tip - and plain white chin and breast. In 3 days 5 individuals was seen 1 male and 4 females/one juvenile. All in village Rio Lagartos and Las Coloradas. |
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Picture setup: |
Canon |
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Photographer: |
Jakob Ugelvig Christiansen, Denmark |
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Uploaded: |
7th May 2015 |
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Hits: |
The picture has been viewed 881 times. |
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