Location
Saint Martin Island, Lesser Antilles
West Indies
Metadata
Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF VR 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D
at 800 mm
Exposure 1/640 s, f/12, ISO 800
Image size 800 x 533 pixels
IOC Names
Order Gruiformes Family Rallidae
Deutsch Teichhuhn Dutch Waterhoen
Italian Gallinella d'acqua Spanish Gallineta Común
Comments
A grey, immature waterbird of the Rallidae family, identified by the white flank stripe (which is absent in American and Caribbean coots) and the proximity of adult moorhens in the same pond in St Martin Island.
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| 20/07/2005 |
Common Moorhen imm |
Jean-Michel PAULUS
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