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Olive Ibis.
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Olive Ibis. (Bostrychia olivacea)

This bird was just standing on the road stayed long enough to grab a few shots, right place at the right time.

Ssp akleyorum
Habitat
Rain Forest.
Location
Kenya Mountain.
Date taken
10/2015
Scientific name
Bostrychia olivacea
Equipment used
Cannon 7D Mark11 and the 500mmlens.
Sensational Peter! Seems to be one of very few, if not the only shot of a mainland Africa Dwarf Olive Ibis in the worldwideweb. There a some pictures of the Sao Tome ssp. (or Species) Bostrychia (olivacea) bocagei, but your's is Bostrychia olivacea akleyorum.
Great, many thanks
Rudi
 
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WOW Peter!!!! What a great picture to get of this ibis... and it's a first for the Gallery too. I'll upload to Opus shortly.

Many thanks for sharing it with us.

... and thanks too, to Rudy for the subspecies information which I'll deal with properly later on.
 

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Peter Merritt
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