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    jmorlan added the media item Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor) to Reptiles.
    Introduced to the Maldives probably from Sri Lanka, this widespread Asian lizard is famous for changing colors. In fact it is often...
    Oriental Garden Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
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    jmorlan added the media item Gray Heron to Africa.
    A swimming adult carrying a scrap from a nearby fish market. Presumably the darker nominate race. Similar to the larger Great Blue Heron...
    Gray Heron
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    jmorlan added the media item Seychelles Kestrel to Africa.
    Perched on a window ledge this rare limited range endemic has declined to a world population estimated at only 210 pairs. It is listed...
    Seychelles Kestrel
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    jmorlan added the media item White Tern to Africa.
    These ethereal terns are famous for laying a single egg on a bare tree branch. This one was on a street tree in the middle of downtown...
    White Tern
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    jmorlan added the media item Seychelles Blue-Pigeon to Africa.
    A spectacular Seychelles endemic, they are confined mostly to upland areas with fruiting trees. This is an adult, easily identified by...
    Seychelles Blue-Pigeon
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    jmorlan added the media item Striated Heron to Africa.
    The latest (15.1) IOC checklist, splits the Old World population under the name "Little Heron" (B. atricapilla) with "Striated Heron"...
    Striated Heron
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    jmorlan added the media item Seychelles Sunbird to Africa.
    An adult male showing iridescent metallic blue throat and yellow-orange pectoral tufts. Drab for a sunbird, this Seychelles endemic was...
    Seychelles Sunbird
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    jmorlan added the media item Saunders's Tern to Africa.
    A distant record shot. Poorly known, this small tern created considerable controversy at the time. The ID was finally resolved by recent...
    Saunders's Tern
  • jmorlan
    jmorlan added the media item Greater Sand-Plover to Africa.
    An adult in non-breeding plumage. Two Sand-Plover species are possible here. Greater and Tibetan (formerly part of Lesser Sand-Plover)...
    Greater Sand-Plover
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    jmorlan added the media item Crab-Plover to Africa.
    Their outsized bills are adapted for feeding on crabs. A distinctive inhabitant of Indian Ocean shores, they are in their own monotypic...
    Crab-Plover
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    jmorlan added the media item Red Fody to Africa.
    Sometimes called "Madagascar Fody," Madagascar Weaver," or (locally) "Cardinal." They were first introduced from Madagascar to the...
    Red Fody
  • jmorlan
    jmorlan added the media item Burrowing Owl to North America.
    Was pleased to see two of these small long legged, mostly diurnal owls. One was darker with buffy belly. They are seriously declining...
    Burrowing Owl
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    jmorlan added the media item Zebra Dove to Africa.
    Sexes similar but probably a female based on the narrow separation of barring across the middle of the chest. These small well-marked...
    Zebra Dove
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    jmorlan added the media item Eurasian Moorhen to Africa.
    Formerly lumped with the Common Gallinule. Eurasian Moorhen has its frontal shield rounded at the top. Common Gallinule has its frontal...
    Eurasian Moorhen
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    jmorlan added the media item Malagasy Turtle-Dove to Africa.
    Usually shy, but this one was visiting birdseed. Nominate race is native to Madagascar but introduced to the Seychelles where it...
    Malagasy Turtle-Dove
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