fkm 27/07/2011 02:30
Is it a Falcated Duck?
Dec. 2010, NSW
The duck does not resemble anything in the photoguide, closest match seems to be the Falcated Duck. A young male?
akhan 27/07/2011 08:29
This is Northern Male Pintail
fkm 27/07/2011 09:35
[quote]Original posted by [i]akhan[/i] at 27/07/2011 08:29 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=42013&ptid=14412][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
This is Northern Male Pintail [/quote]
Oops 3551shy445 ...but the green on its head...
Thank you for helping with my confusion.
ajohn 27/07/2011 09:59
I think the green tint to the head is probably due to the angle of sunlight hitting the feathers. The structure of some feathers can give a slight iridescence like this. The bird is definitely a male Northern Pintail.
fkm 27/07/2011 23:51
[quote]Original posted by [i]ajohn[/i] at 27/07/2011 09:59 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=42017&ptid=14412][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
I think the green tint to the head is probably due to the angle of sunlight hitting the feathers. The structure of some feathers can give a slight iridescence like this. The bird is definitely a male ... [/quote]
Yes, once mentioned, the duck does resemble a male Pintail except the colors on its head. I doubt if it is the light though, I have taken hundreds of images for the Pintails and seems no others display such colors...perhaps a plumage variation of some sort?