photo of Marcel Holyoak

the real bird in photo is really different from the draw that we can find on the web or in the old book.

Lonchura melaena melaena



Lonchura melaena bukaensis



(c) Katie Faust Stryjewski
http://people.bu.edu/katiefs/Home.html

Hallole,

vielen Dank für die Links auf die schönen (und sehr seltenen) Bilder.
Ich hab mich ein wenig auf Katies Website getummelt und frag mich, was das wohl für eine Nonne ist, die auf ihrer Eingangsseite rechts neben dem Braunbrustschilffink ist. Auffallend gelbe Flügeldecken - oder ist das nur farblich etwas zu übertrieben abgebildet? Ich tendiere ja zur Dickschnabelnonne, aber diese Flügeldecken?

MfG,
Steffi

just one question stupid why I didn't have "ILSD Mitglied" on the left ?

Hello Aurelien Lequoy,

are you a member of the "ILSD"? Only members have that "appendix" below their nickname.

Greetings,
Steffi

P.S. My question above was: I wonder, what kind of Munia is showed on Katies website next to the Lonchura/Munia castaneothorax?

I am a member of ILSD it's why i ask it, look in the members or ask Jenny or Carmen. But I think I registered on this forum before to be a member of ILSD.

Zitat von Munia maja

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P.S. My question above was: I wonder, what kind of Munia is showed on Katies website next to the Lonchura/Munia castaneothorax?

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Well it's simple it's one Lonchura castaneothorax ramsayi looking like a male, found on south of PNG. I have some photos of them, but impossible to remember where I put them.

Hello again,

Peter acted very fast and gave you the right "status" as a member of the ILSD.

Zitat

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Well it's simple it's one Lonchura castaneothorax ramsayi looking like a male, found on south of PNG. I have some photos of them, but impossible to remember where I put them.

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It´s not the Lonchura castaneothorax I´m interested in, it´s the other one. The bigger black Lonchura on the right side.
With the very yellow wings (I don´t think, that the wings have that intensive yellow colour naturally, or do they?)

Kind regards,
Steffi

Ah it's a Lonchura grandis grandis, just an overexposure I guess. Found in south of PNG too

Thanks - I also considered it being a Munia/Lonchura grandis.

Greetings,
Steffi

Hallo Peter,

wieder ein wundervolles Bild von wundervollen Nonnen - was man nicht alles in seinen Volieren haben könnte... Wobei mir Freilandaufnahmen fast besser gefallen - der Vogel in seinem Habitat. Da bekommt man manchmal fast ein schlechtes Gewissen, wenn man dann seine eigenen Vögel in den beengten Boxen und Volieren sieht...

MfG,
Steffi

Tolles Foto, traumhaft schöne Vögel!

some photos :


Lonchura melaena melaena



Lonchura melaena bukaensis



(c) Katie Faust Stryjewski
http://people.bu.edu/katiefs/Home.html




(c) Neil OSBORNE

Hello Aurelien

Are the different kinds of brown under the breast different from male to female ?

Greets Jonas

the birds are identical, just different subspecies