unidentified bird (1 Viewer)

[Roger Humphrey]

please help me identify this bird; gray chicken size red legs wading feet not webbed red curved beak red eyelids black tuft on head

 

[Mono]

When, where and in what habitat did you see this bird?

 

[Xenospiza]

At a guess: https://ebird.org/species/relser1

 

[Butty]

Vg! But fails the eyelid test. Still... all descriptions fail on something...

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

And rather bigger than chicken sized!

 

[nartreb]

Immature white ibis? (eBird seems to be down at the moment, not sure what xenospiza guessed)

 

[delia todd]

Immature white ibis? (eBird seems to be down at the moment, not sure what xenospiza guessed)

Oh I'm glad it's not just me then, was beginning to think the actual link was faulty.

 

[delia todd]

Here's a link to the Opus White Ibis page: White Ibis - BirdForum Opus

More images available through the Gallery Search at the bottom.

 

[Xenospiza]

Immature white ibis? (eBird seems to be down at the moment, not sure what xenospiza guessed)

Red-legged Seriema.

 

[Roger Humphrey]

When, where and in what habitat did you see this bird?

Green River at Calhoun Ky(Western Ky area)

 

[Roger Humphrey]

Green River at Calhoun Ky (Western Ky area)

 

[Andy Adcock]

Sounds like it's probably a Rail to me?

 

[bhutjoe]

You might look at photos of a Virginia Rail to see if that looks like what you saw. It has a partialy red, curved bill and reddish legs. Not so grey though but perhaps in some plummages.

 

[Andy Adcock]

You might look at photos of a Virginia Rail to see if that looks like what you saw. It has a partialy red, curved bill and reddish legs. Not so grey though but perhaps in some plummages.

You read my mind.

 

[Roger Humphrey]

I amconfidant that this bird is NOT a rail. More like a coot with red features as I mentioned. I cannot find a picture in any of my research so far, and I have never seen this bird anywhere before.