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Acryllium vulturinum
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| Photo Information |
Copyright: Lucas Aguilar (laguilar)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-09-17 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Olympus Camedia C-765 UZ |
| Exposure: f/3.2, 1/125 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-10-20 3:37 |
| Viewed: 1212 |
| Points: 4 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
VULTURINE GUINEAFOWL
Class: Bird
Order: Galliformes
Family: Meleagridos
Length: 72 cm
Weigh: 1600 g
Habitat: Zones of sheet and forest
Distribution: Eastern Africa
Nourishment: Omnivorous
Description:
It is a bird of voluminous body and of very showy appearance. The plumage is dyeing of shaded tonalities but that award to the animal a great elegance. It confirms the total nudity of the previous part of the head with the first section of the neck, from which they hang long feathers that adorn the breast. The head, unlike identical others, lacks caruncles and osseous hull.
Nourishment:
Seeds and leaves of herbs; fruits, bulbs and roots. Also they consume a great quantity of insects, scorpions, spiders and snails.
Reproduction:
The majority of the births take place after the station of rains. The nest is a depression of the area draped with herbs and I conceal between the vegetation. The putting consists of 13, 15 eggs that are deposited in the successive days. The incubation lasts from 23 to 25 days.
Customs and social life:
Typically terrestrial bird, which accedes to the trees fundamentally in the night, in order to reduce the risk of depredation. His robust legs allow her to cover long distances and to scratch the soil in search of the components of his diet. His flight turns out to be heavy and is in the habit of being of short duration. It is a gregarious enough species, for what it is accustomed to form groups more or less numerous.
State of conservation:
Not threatened species, the number of individuals is calculated they exceed the million. Of common to abundant in many zones.
From the zoo of Jerez de la Frontera. |
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Hi Lucas
Lovely shot. Nicely composed, very good POV. The OOF BG is a great enhancement. Nice work. Thanks.
- Janice
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(18646) - [2005-10-20 5:54]
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WOW! What a bird, rather ugly but I bet his mother loves him!
Excellent capture Lucas, you show us him so close. Good colours and sharp details. Well done.
