A daily journal.
Mainly introducing wild birds of Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, through photos.

リュウキュウアカショウビン個体識別

あるアカショウビンを撮ってたら「なんだか見たことがあるぞ」となって自宅に帰って過去の写真を探してみたら、やはり似た個体を2013年に撮影していました。ただ、8年も前となるとはたして同じ個体なのかどうなのか疑問が湧きます。

Ruddy Kingfisher

A female Ryukyu Ruddy Kingfisher perched on a nicely positioned branch.

Ruddy Kingfisher

When it turned the other way — well, a slight partial leucism. I had a feeling I'd seen it before, so I went home and dug through my old data.

Ruddy Kingfisher

This individual was photographed in 2013 in the same area as the Ruddy Kingfisher above. The position of the white feathers looks similar.

Ruddy Kingfisher

A close-up of the individual photographed this time. The feathers in roughly the same position are white.

Ruddy Kingfisher

Same individual as above, but facing left it seems to resemble other past individuals as well…

Ruddy Kingfisher

That would be this individual photographed in 2013. This one is a male, but the look of the feathering on the hindneck is distinctive and similar.

Crested Serpent Eagle

A Crested Serpent Eagle sharing a feeding area with a Ruddy Kingfisher. Neither interfered with the other.

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