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Bird id help (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter TLM
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It's a male Golden Pheasant neck feather. It could come from a bird collection or have been purchased for hobby use, so it may not indicate a bird living wild locally.
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The only problem i found once i had found this bird ,and i lay in wait for it to come into view was that it just kept on walking towards me making it awkward to focus, at one stage i had to stand up els the bird would have just walked over or...
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Really? From your photo, they look to have a single terminal black band with orange inboard of that - which the OP's feather doesn't.
Frank van Drogen
Not so important
For comparison Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) - Feathers on featherbase.info
Especially this pic: http://media.featherbase.info/images/images5/012282_full.JPG
Especially this pic: http://media.featherbase.info/images/images5/012282_full.JPG
Perfect. Thanks for tidying up the loose ends, Frank.
Joern Lehmhus
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They have a second black bar further down the feather, which you do not see on the living bird.
The flank feathers of Alectoris species (Chukar and relatives) also have two black bars
but I agree th e feather in question is golden pheasant
Perhaps, but I actually meant to refer to fishing as the consumptive use of wildlife.
