Bird genealogy >> Order Pelecaniformes >> Family Scopidae
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Location

Impalila Island, Chobe River
Namibia

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/800 s, f/7, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Hammerkopf Dutch  Hamerkop
Italian  Umbretta Spanish  Avemartillo

Comments

Forms a monotypic family restricted to Africa. Pairs build vast tree nests which they often share or lose to Grey Kestrels, Egyptian Geese or Verreaux’s Eagle-Owls.




 

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    21/08/2011

Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Ombrette africaine

Micheline JACQUEMIN