ML501407731

Age

Not specified

Sex

Not specified

Observation details

Continuing originally found by John Green. Large passerine with drab brown-olive upperparts and slightly paler underparts and extremely long tail. Areas around the eyering, supraloral and throat were completely red surrounding a grayish-yellow bill that was very short and curved. Distinct long crest that was mostly red at the distal ends. Underparts were slightly paler buffy around the breast with deep washes of red along the center of belly all the way down to its vents. White at the undertail coverts and surrounded by a red wash. Red tibial feathers made it look like it had red shorts. Completely red axillaries. Both remiges and retrices were darker, with hints of red at the base of the primaries and redder along the inner shafts of the tail feathers. Superbly long tail that it raised when it foraged on the ground, which is did so for a considerable amount of time. When it raised its tail, the wing would hang low very much like a Hermit thrush. Gently calling high pitched “tsip” calls as it foraged on the ground eating both the stalks and leaves of a short legume plant.

Technical information

Model

Canon EOS R5

Lens

RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM

ISO

3200

Focal length

500 mm

Flash

Flash did not fire

f-stop

f/7.1

Shutter speed

1/1000 sec

Dimensions

2440 pixels x 1627 pixels

Original file size

3.46 MB