Bird genealogy >> Order Charadriiformes >> Family Laridae
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Location

Chobe River, Left Bank
Namibia

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/250 s, f/5.6, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Afrikanischer Scherenschnabel Dutch  Afrikaanse Schaarbek
Italian  Becco a forbice africano Spanish  Rayador Africano

Comments

Both bills are of equal length at hatching and the lower one does not start to grow longer than the upper until the birds are fully grown.

Austin Jr, O.L, (1961), Birds of the World, Golden Press, New York, p 137




 
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    22/08/2011

African Skimmer juv
Rynchops flavirostris
Bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique
Jean-Michel PAULUS