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crow_pheasant
Photo Information
Copyright: Adrian Jacob Lok (adrik) Silver Note Writer [C: 0 W: 0 N: 25] (180)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-05
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300 with MB_D10, AF Nikkor 80-200mm / f2.8 ED TC 1.4
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-02-06 6:47
Viewed: 439
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This is a large species at 48 cm. The head is black, upper mantle and underside are purplish black. The back and wings are chestnut brown. There are no pale shaft streaks on the coverts. The eyes are ruby red. Juveniles are duller black with spots on the crown and there are whitish bars on the underside and tail. There are several races and some races may need to be treated as full species. Earlier treatments included the Brown Coucal (C. (s.) andamanensis) under this name. Rasmussen & Anderton (2005) suggest that the race parroti may be a full species - the Southern Coucal which is fround in peninsular India (northern boundary unclear). The race intermedius of the Assam and Bangladesh region is smaller than the nominate race found in the sub-Himalayan zone. Songs of the races are said to vary considerably. Race parroti of southern India has a black head and the underparts glossed blue and has the forehead, face and throat more brownish.[3]
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 648 W: 15 N: 1602] (6243)
  • [2009-02-06 6:54]

Hello Adrian
Perfect capture with sharp details and beautiful colors.
Regards.
Razvan

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2392 W: 94 N: 5536] (17620)
  • [2009-02-06 8:57]

Hello Adrian,
Beautiful photo of this Greater Coucal, as I call it. Splendid clear and well saturated colours. Very sharp and a good POV and pose. Beautiful OOF BG.
Regards,
Peter

Hi adrian,
Beautiful bird. Never saw it before. Capture in a lovely pose and with great details.
I might have cropped some of the irrelevant area on the left to improve the composition (too centered)
Excellent shot. Love it.
TFS
JM

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