Crowned Cranes in the DB (1 Viewer)

Could the excellent Crowned Crane image lodged as Black Crowned Crane (B. pavonina) in the database not actually be Grey Crowned Crane (B. regulorum)?

The DB bird has a large white cheek with a small scarlet patch at the top typical of Grey C.C. whilst Black C.C has a cheek patch which is white in the top third & pink-red in the lower two-thirds. The neck feathers also look more grey than black.

Anyone any thoughts on this? :h?:

I'm pretty sure you're right. I've changed the photo in the DB, meaning that it now features one of your photos (which clearly show the diagnostic features) instead.

Rasmus Boegh said:

I'm pretty sure you're right. I've changed the photo in the DB, meaning that it now features one of your photos (which clearly show the diagnostic features) instead.

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Thanks Rasmus.
I feel a little guilty about this as the original Crowned Crane image is clearly a better picure, albeit of the wrong Crowned Crane.