Photography of Birds – Set # 254 | H.J. Ruiz - Avian101

Photography of Birds – Set # 254

Set # 254

Common Moorhen

Common Moorhen

Common Moorhen

The Common Moorhen is a distinctive species, with dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red frontal shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. The frontal shield of the adult has a rounded top and fairly parallel sides; the tailward margin of the red unfeathered area is a smooth waving line. In the related common gallinule of the Americas, the frontal shield has a fairly straight top and is less wide towards the bill, giving a marked indentation to the back margin of the red area.

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

The White-breasted Nuthatch has nine subspecies, although the differences are small and change gradually across the range. The subspecies are sometimes treated as three groups based on close similarities in morphology, habitat usage, and vocalizations. These groups cover eastern North America, the Great Basin and central Mexico, and the Pacific coastal regions. The subspecies of the western interior have the darkest upperparts, and eastern S. c. carolinensis has the palest back. The eastern form also has a thicker bill and broader dark cap stripe than the interior and Pacific races. The calls of the three groups differ, as described above. The Great Basin and Eastern forms have been observed in secondary contact on the Great Plains, where they do not seem to mix.

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4 thoughts on “Photography of Birds – Set # 254”

bayphotosbydonna on March 22, 2021 at 9:48 pm said:

Handsome nuthatch, HJ! 🙂

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- H.J. for avian101 on March 22, 2021 at 10:25 pm said:
  
  Thanks, Donna. 🙂
  
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de Wets Wild on March 22, 2021 at 11:43 pm said:

Nuthatch – cute name for a cute birdie!

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- H.J. for avian101 on March 23, 2021 at 4:00 pm said:
  
  Thank you, D. 🙂
  
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