Bird ID: San Diego Zoo (1 Viewer)

..... San Diego Zoo, that is.

Sorry, I know this may be somewhat inappropriate for this forum, since bird identification should be from their natural habitat, so I apologize for that.

But I did not know where else I could get information. Searching the internet for something like this is almost impossible (I've tried).

For some reason, there was absolutely no information inside the aviary, for these 2 birds that we saw. They had information for all the other birds that I took pictures of... with the exception of these 2. I also have no information on where they are from.

Does anybody know these 2 birds? Thank you!



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Touraco, need further investigation of species, second is Wattled Lapwing

Livingstone's Touraco, welcome to the forum by the way

apbarr said:

Touraco, need further investigation of species, second is Wattled Lapwing

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Thank you!

I have found exact names based on your info:

Schalow's Turaco (also found info referring to this bird as "Livingstone's" Turaco).
Second bird is White-Fronted Wattled Lapwing.


From the info I found, the Turaco is from the southern parts of Africa. Not sure where that Lapwing is from.

jlin858 said:

Second bird is White-Fronted Wattled Lapwing.
Not sure where that Lapwing is from.

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The lapwing is Vanellus albiceps which has many names but the 'official' English name is White-headed Lapwing. http://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-headed_Lapwing, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-headed_Plover

It's from tropical Africa, http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/reference.cfm?genus=Vanellus&species=albiceps

Graham