Archive for 'Brazil'
Corvid Abnormalities
Abnormalities can be found in all life forms–corvids included. Here are some interesting photos I found of corvids with two abnormalities deformed beaks and partial albino-ism–leucistic or albino corvids.
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Read about THE MYSTERY OF THE LONG-BEAK SYNDROME here. Or you can read Passerines with Deformed Bills by Julie A. Craves (an article) here.
There seems to be [...]
Posted: May 9th, 2009 under abnormalities, Albino, beak, bill, deformed beak, deformities, jackdaw, jackdaws, jays, Leucistic, Partially-albino, Raven, ravens, Stellar's Jay, Steller's Jay.
Tags: abnormal blue jay, abnormal crow, abnormal raven, abnormal Stellar's Jay, abnormal Steller's Jay, abnormalities in corvids, albino stellar's jay, albino stellars jays, Albino steller's jay, corvid abnormalities, crow abnormalities, Crow with deformed beak, deformed beaks, leucistic crow, leucistic jackdaw, leucistic magpie, partially albino crow, partially albino jackdaw, partially-albino magpie, raven abnormality, raven with deformed beak, raven with deformed bill, Stellar's Jay with deformed beak, Steller's Jay with deformed beak
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Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
The corvid family is big. I have to start somewhere in these posts so I have randomly chosen the Plush-crested Jay, Cyanocorax chrysops. It is a magnificent bird—so beautiful and brilliant colors. I saw this photograph and it enticed me to pick it!
How could I resist such a pretty bird?
It lives in the central-southern part [...]
Posted: March 23rd, 2009 under Bolivia, Brazil, Cyanocorax chrysops, mimic, mimicry, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Plush-crested Jay, sociable, South America, Uruguay.
Tags: Bolivia, Brazil, Cyanocorax chrysops, mimic, mimicry, Northeastern Argentina, Paraguay, Plush-crested Jay, sociable, South America, Uruguay
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