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wading bird
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)


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A mini Pterodactyl perhaps, can't remember what it is!

A mini Pterodactyl perhaps, can't remember what it is!
A mini Pterodactyl perhaps, can't remember what it is!

Thanks to Gudrun, I now know it is a Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), an African wading bird

micritter, Smiley Derleth, Claudine Gaulier-Denis, Nicole Merdrignac and 4 other people have particularly liked this photo


12 comments - The latest ones
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
I cannot help you, Roger, but the profile of this bird is really spectacular ********
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
I shall have to go back and check it out, couldn't find one in the reference books!
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to Marie-claire Gallet
Thank you!
5 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
Cormorant?
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to slgwv club
Might be, but somewhat different to those I have seen before.
5 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Admirablement rendu ++++++++
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
Thanks Malik.
5 years ago.
 Nicole Merdrignac
Nicole Merdrignac club
Très belle capture. Nicole.
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to Nicole Merdrignac club
Thank you Nicole, much appreciated.
5 years ago.
 Gudrun
Gudrun club
It looks like a hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), an African wading bird.
5 years ago.
Roger Dodger club has replied to Gudrun club
Thanks for the info Gudrun; I agree, looked up the Hamerkop, an interesting bird.
5 years ago. Edited 5 years ago.

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