Madeira, fairly large pheasant/grouse like bird (1 Viewer)

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oliverms

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• Oct 11, 2014

• #1

Seen on a walk, early morning. Size of a small chicken/large pigeon. Assume it's some kind of grouse/pheasant but can't identify more than that! Thanks!

 

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SJC

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• Oct 11, 2014

• #2

Looks like some sort of chicken

 

MTem

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• Oct 11, 2014

• #3

Looks like a small domestic chicken/bantam to me.
Was it near any habitation? I guess they could go feral in that sort of environment.

Mick

 

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AllanM

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• Oct 11, 2014

• #4

That's a weird looking bird! I googled pheasants of Madeira though, and ended up with lots of nice recipes.

 

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oliverms

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• Oct 11, 2014

• #5

Thanks for the replies. A chicken huh? Perhaps not as exciting as I was hoping for It was sat a fair way from any habitation, and I never expect to see a chicken in a tree, but that's what makes holidays so exciting

 

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Mendap

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• Nov 3, 2014

• #6

Where exactly did yuo see it?

 

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stonechat1

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• Nov 4, 2014

• #7

oliverms said:

[...]and I never expect to see a chicken in a tree, but that's what makes holidays so exciting

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Agree with domestic chicken. All chickens are sleeping above the ground when it´s possible, for security measures. Guess you have pheasants over there, they do the same.
Especially the miniature breeds of the domestic chicken are very good in flying/flyers. That´s the minus when keeping them.