What bird is this?
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Re: What bird is this?
by pionus » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:16 pm
I think you may have gotten it Micheal.
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
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Re: What bird is this?
by Andromeda » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:23 pm
Definitely not a Poi.
I'm kind of iffy about this guess due to the plumage not being a complete match but just the shape of the head and body and beak remind me most of a Kea.
I'm kind of iffy about this guess due to the plumage not being a complete match but just the shape of the head and body and beak remind me most of a Kea.
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Re: What bird is this?
by pionus » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:44 pm
i think keas are too big, but it does look like it! 
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
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Re: What bird is this?
by mollyCA » Sat Mar 16, 2013 8:31 am
Whoah, thank you all! Not a jardine.
Some of them look like matches, I will look at them more later on.
Looking at the b/w picture again,
~the feathers have lots of different shades and dark and light areas, so I think it was likely multicolored
~the head and breast appears to be one and the same color except around the beak, and
~the beak seems too light to have been black/ dark gray or red
The picture is from the 1920's, I don't think it was a prop because the feet look as if they're grabbing on to her finger... but could be. The feathers might have been cut off for aesthetic (?) reasons, but I have no idea.
Thanks again, much appreciated!
When I first saw the picture I thought it was a pigeon
Some of them look like matches, I will look at them more later on.
Looking at the b/w picture again,
~the feathers have lots of different shades and dark and light areas, so I think it was likely multicolored
~the head and breast appears to be one and the same color except around the beak, and
~the beak seems too light to have been black/ dark gray or red
The picture is from the 1920's, I don't think it was a prop because the feet look as if they're grabbing on to her finger... but could be. The feathers might have been cut off for aesthetic (?) reasons, but I have no idea.
Thanks again, much appreciated!
When I first saw the picture I thought it was a pigeon
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Re: What bird is this?
by ConEkatoolet » Sat Apr 06, 2013 3:43 pm
How anyone could think that it is an eclectus, I have no idea... ekkies are 2-3x that size, the eyes are all wrong, the beak is all wrong, the feathers are all wrong...
Looks like a type of conure, hard to tell with it being in black and white. Maybe a blue-capped/headed conure?
Looks like a type of conure, hard to tell with it being in black and white. Maybe a blue-capped/headed conure?
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