https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/03/this-rare-kingfisher-will-bring-some-colour-to-your-life/
These are the first photographs ever taken of the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher.
Perhaps the most colourful kingfisher on the globe, this bird was first formally described by Johann Jakob von Kaup 172 years ago.
What prevented photography for 172 years ¿
dv said:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/03/this-rare-kingfisher-will-bring-some-colour-to-your-life/
These are the first photographs ever taken of the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher.
Perhaps the most colourful kingfisher on the globe, this bird was first formally described by Johann Jakob von Kaup 172 years ago.
Absolutely gorgeous.
SCIENCE said:
What prevented photography for 172 years ¿
The extreme rarity and erratic habits of the bird. It has only been sighted a few times.
It has eluded scientists for over a hundred years because of its behavior. It is difficult to see as it perches quietly and darts invisibly from perch to perch.But thanks to Miguel David De Leon, a Filipino field biologist and director of the Robert S. Kennedy Bird Conservancy, we get a glimpse of the beautiful bird that is sadly threatened with extinction.
De Leon has been a field biologist for ten years in the Philippines and this is his first sighting of the critter.
I erred before I saying it was Kaup who discovered this bird 172 years ago. Kaup discovered Ceyx melanurus.
The Southern Philippines dwarf kingfisher, Ceyx mindanensis, was discovered by Joseph Beal Steere in 1890. C. mindanesis was previously considered a subspecies of Ceyx melanurus.
Beautiful plumage!
Remarkable bird the South Philippine dwarf Bignose!
PermeateFree said:
dv said:
https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2020/03/this-rare-kingfisher-will-bring-some-colour-to-your-life/
These are the first photographs ever taken of the South Philippine dwarf kingfisher.
Perhaps the most colourful kingfisher on the globe, this bird was first formally described by Johann Jakob von Kaup 172 years ago.Absolutely gorgeous.
Concur.
And thanks to this bird, I learned a new word.
Lore:
The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
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Wrong thread -> Chat
dv said:
And thanks to this bird, I learned a new word.
Lore:
The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
I learnt that only when in Perth, less than a month ago :-)
Agree, totally gorgeous bignose. May have been photographed before, but …
mollwollfumble said:
dv said:
And thanks to this bird, I learned a new word.
Lore:
The region between the eyes and nostrils of birds, reptiles, and amphibians.
I learnt that only when in Perth, less than a month ago :-)
Agree, totally gorgeous bignose. May have been photographed before, but …
I can’t remember ever seeing a photograph before this.
A very pretty bird. Yery.
Michael V said:
A very pretty bird. Yery.
Definitely not fit for being a cage bird though.
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
dv said:
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
Not accepting the story as fact?
roughbarked said:
dv said:
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
Not accepting the story as fact?
Yes, what are you basing that on?
dv said:
roughbarked said:
dv said:Okay so what are you basing that on?
Not accepting the story as fact?
Yes, what are you basing that on?
We’ll have to wait for his answer I suppose.
Looked through my backyard avian photos and it wasn’t there.
dv said:
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
Cameras were invented a long time ago. Have even been in the Philippines for a very long time. And, given the propensity of humans to photograph everything that moves, the probability that a particular species in the Philippines has been photographed is calculable.
Only a tiny percentage of all photographs are on the web and in glossies. eg. you won’t find my photo of a Jamaican mongoose on the web.
mollwollfumble said:
dv said:
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
Cameras were invented a long time ago. Have even been in the Philippines for a very long time. And, given the propensity of humans to photograph everything that moves, the probability that a particular species in the Philippines has been photographed is calculable.
Only a tiny percentage of all photographs are on the web and in glossies. eg. you won’t find my photo of a Jamaican mongoose on the web.
Wasn’t your photograph goood enough to show to others?
I have countless photos, slides and digital photos that have never been deleted but also have never been shown too anyone. Other than an artist once who was staying with me and I caught him filching slides out of my not for display stuff. His explanation was that though I didn’t think they were good enough, he could see lots of material to work with. He was a surrealist.
mollwollfumble said:
dv said:
mollwollfumble said:
. May have been photographed before, but …
Okay so what are you basing that on?
Cameras were invented a long time ago. Have even been in the Philippines for a very long time. And, given the propensity of humans to photograph everything that moves, the probability that a particular species in the Philippines has been photographed is calculable.
Only a tiny percentage of all photographs are on the web and in glossies. eg. you won’t find my photo of a Jamaican mongoose on the web.
For publication you need to make it educational or a news item. Most of my photographs numbering in their thousands have/are published on the Internet and are viewed by hundreds of people each week. If you just take a photo without relevance, it will only be viewed by the people you show it to, unless someone includes it in the website which has a viewing audience.
mollwollfumble said:
Cameras were invented a long time ago. Have even been in the Philippines for a very long time. And, given the propensity of humans to photograph everything that moves, the probability that a particular species in the Philippines has been photographed is calculable.
Only a tiny percentage of all photographs are on the web and in glossies. eg. you won’t find my photo of a Jamaican mongoose on the web.
There are few of these birds: there are only a few thousand of them. They are small. They are fast and jittery. Hardly anyone has even seen it, let alone been ready to take a picture in the fraction of a second that it is stationary.
dv said:
Ian said:
Beautiful plumage!
Remarkable bird the South Philippine dwarf Bignose!
There are few of these birds: there are only a few thousand of them. They are small. They are fast and jittery. Hardly anyone has even seen it, let alone been ready to take a picture in the fraction of a second that it is stationary.
roughbarked said:
mollwollfumble said:
dv said:Okay so what are you basing that on?
Cameras were invented a long time ago. Have even been in the Philippines for a very long time. And, given the propensity of humans to photograph everything that moves, the probability that a particular species in the Philippines has been photographed is calculable.
Only a tiny percentage of all photographs are on the web and in glossies. eg. you won’t find my photo of a Jamaican mongoose on the web.
Wasn’t your photograph goood enough to show to others?
I have countless photos, slides and digital photos that have never been deleted but also have never been shown too anyone. Other than an artist once who was staying with me and I caught him filching slides out of my not for display stuff. His explanation was that though I didn’t think they were good enough, he could see lots of material to work with. He was a surrealist.
