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Bronx Zoo- Jungleworld- Unknown Bird

February 23rd, 2012 The last part of Jungleworld is a large, open room with painted storks, a huge pond with giant fish, waterfowl, other free-flying birds, and flying foxes.

Bronx Zoo- Jungleworld- Unknown Bird
AnaheimZoo, 16 Apr 2012
    • AnaheimZoo
      Already suggested, friend. Post #4 :)
      25 Jun 2012
    • Hevden
      It could be an asian subspecies of Pica pica maybe sericea or a subspecies of sericea depending on taxonomic changes. Or they could be using the American equivalent as a representative of the asian species. I personally would struggle to see a difference unless it was pointed out or had both species side by side.
      25 Jun 2012
    • Maguari
      To be honest, I entirely forgot they'd been split!
      25 Jun 2012
    • fkalltheway
      I google-searched Bronx Zoo and magpie and came up with these two photos:
      [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/unforth/3334729601/"]Azure-winged Magpie | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame]
      [ame="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ed_gaillard/3277325227/"]Magpie | Flickr - Photo Sharing![/ame]
      They look extremely similar to a Black-billed Magpie but it looks like their might be a slight blue on the wing? Might be the sheen on the feathers but it can be seen in both of these photos.
      27 Jun 2012
    • AnaheimZoo
      I think the first photo may just be misidentified... unless there are two species called azure-winged magpies??? They both look similar to my photo... :confused:
      27 Jun 2012
    • Chlidonias
      all the birds in these photos (except in post #3) are either black-billed (American) or Eurasian magpies (I don't know how to tell the difference; I think the split was based on genetics and voice rather than any visual distinction). The Flickr one of the "azure-winged magpie" is a misidentification.
      27 Jun 2012
    • AnaheimZoo
      I've posted another picture in the Bronx Zoo gallery with a side view of this same bird; hopefully it helps with the identification.
      27 Jun 2012
    • KCZooFan
      I don't think it can be identified without hearing the call.
      27 Jun 2012
    • Ituri
      Or better yet, knowing its provenance. My guess would be that this would be a black-billed, just because nobody would have bothered going to Europe or Asia to collect that species when they were formerly considered conspecific.
      1 Jul 2012
    • ThylacineAlive
      27 Apr 2014
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