Tuesday 8 September 2015

This is not a Malaysia local bird, but from Africa... It might be the escapee from bird park nearby...
And I will still post it under Birds of Malaysia, because it was not caged when I photographed it...


Order - Pelecaniformes
Family - Threskiornithidae (Ibises, Spoonbills)
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
 噪鹮 (zào huán) / 凤头鹮 (fèng tóu huán)

    Malay : Sekendi Misai Putih
    Japanese : ハダダトキ (hadada toki)
    Kanji 日語漢字 : ハダダ朱鷺
                   


    Size : 65–76 cm; c. 1262 g
    
    Subspecies and Distribution
  • Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris (Reichenow, 1907)
    – Senegal E to DRCongo and Kenya, thence S to Zambezi Valley.
  • Bostrychia hagedash nilotica (Neumann, 1909)
    – Sudan and Ethiopia to NE DRCongo, Uganda and NW Tanzania.
  • Bostrychia hagedash hagedash (Latham, 1790)
    – S Africa S of Zambezi Valley.

Date : 06 September 2015
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

Date : 06 September 2015
Location : Perdana Botanical Gardens, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur

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