Hi all, I’ve just published on Birdline Australia a follow-up photograph of the NT Eurasian Hoopoe – a bird seen recently by Tim Wethers (Feb 8, 2014) in Galiwin’ku, Elcho Is – see http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6. Although I know that the separation of Hoopoe ssp can be awkward (being based mostly on the depth of the orange, pink and cinnamon colour tones in the plumage), this bird seems to have a richer orange cinnamon colour above and lacks the subterminal white band in the crest. This may make it the resident African form Upupa epops Africana, a bird treated by some authorities as a separate sp. By contrast, the bird seen at the Roebuck Plains Roadhouse in 2011 was thought to be a juv. northern ssp U. e. saturata. Interested to hear any thoughts? Just a U. e. saturata variant? Another Hoopoe ssp? Cheers, Tim Dolby This email, including any attachment, is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. It is confidential and may contain personal information or be subject to legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure, reproduction or storage of it is unauthorised. If you have received this email in error, please advise the sender via return email and delete it from your system immediately. Victoria University does not warrant that this email is free from viruses or defects and accepts no liability for any damage caused by such viruses or defects. _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
Are there any open wing shots? Nikolas —————- Nikolas Haass nhaass@yahoo.com Brisbane, QLD ________________________________ From: Mike Carter < pterodroma@bigpond.com> Sent: Monday, March 3, 2014 11:29 AM I see no reason to consider that it’s other than the far eastern race of Eurasian Hoopoe U. e. saturata. The African bird has no subterminal crest band at all or one that is much reduced in its extent, whereas the NT bird possesses a broad and obvious pale subterminal crest band albeit not pure white. But then the white transverse bands across the back and wings are not as they should be, pure white either, also being tainted with a paler version of the pinkish-buff that dominates the rest of the plumage. Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136 —– Original Message —– Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 5:38 PM Hi all, I’ve just published on Birdline Australia a follow-up photograph of the NT Eurasian Hoopoe – a bird seen recently by Tim Wethers (Feb 8, 2014) in Galiwin’ku, Elcho Is – see http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6. Although I know that the separation of Hoopoe ssp can be awkward (being based mostly on the depth of the orange, pink and cinnamon colour tones in the plumage), this bird seems to have a richer orange cinnamon colour above and lacks the subterminal white band in the crest. This may make it the resident African form Upupa epops Africana, a bird treated by some authorities as a separate sp. By contrast, the bird seen at the Roebuck Plains Roadhouse in 2011 was thought to be a juv. northern ssp U. e. saturata. Interested to hear any thoughts? Just a U. e. saturata variant? Another Hoopoe ssp? Cheers, Tim Dolby _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org
I see no reason to consider that it’s other than the far eastern race of Eurasian Hoopoe U. e. saturata. The African bird has no subterminal crest band at all or one that is much reduced in its extent, whereas the NT bird possesses a broad and obvious pale subterminal crest band albeit not pure white. But then the white transverse bands across the back and wings are not as they should be, pure white either, also being tainted with a paler version of the pinkish-buff that dominates the rest of the plumage. Mike Carter 30 Canadian Bay Road Mount Eliza VIC 3930 Tel (03) 9787 7136 —– Original Message —– Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2014 5:38 PM Hi all, I’ve just published on Birdline Australia a follow-up photograph of the NT Eurasian Hoopoe – a bird seen recently by Tim Wethers (Feb 8, 2014) in Galiwin’ku, Elcho Is – see http://www.eremaea.com/BirdlineRecentSightings.aspx?Birdline=6. Although I know that the separation of Hoopoe ssp can be awkward (being based mostly on the depth of the orange, pink and cinnamon colour tones in the plumage), this bird seems to have a richer orange cinnamon colour above and lacks the subterminal white band in the crest. This may make it the resident African form Upupa epops Africana, a bird treated by some authorities as a separate sp. By contrast, the bird seen at the Roebuck Plains Roadhouse in 2011 was thought to be a juv. northern ssp U. e. saturata. Interested to hear any thoughts? Just a U. e. saturata variant? Another Hoopoe ssp? Cheers, Tim Dolby _______________________________________________ Birding-Aus mailing list Birding-Aus@birding-aus.org To change settings or unsubscribe visit: http://birding-aus.org/mailman/listinfo/birding-aus_birding-aus.org