Coroneted fruit dove, Jalan Korea, Papua

Funny backstory is that our local guide kept pointing to a spot in the canopy but I failed to see any bird. Not using a laser pointer, not using binoculars. Out of politeness I just took a photo of the spot. Only after deeply zooming into the photo did I discover this dove.

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Christine Young

Lion

Wow, that definitely would be hard to see! I like the color edging the wing feathers. Guides have laser pointers?! Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Yes, they do, to point out the exact location of a bird. It avoids this conversation:
  
  "See the tree over there?"
  > I see about 150 of them yes
  "The one in the back"
  > How far back?
  "At the end"
  > ....
  "Sigh. The one with the horizontal branch"
  > There's many horizontal branches
  "With the big leaf!"
  > This is hardly descriptive
  "Never mind, it flew"
  > Oh, I think I saw where it was
  
  With the laser pointer, they shine around or under the bird, as to not blind it or spook it.
  Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
2. 1. Christine Young
    
    Lion
    
    It's a genius solution! Posted one year ago
  2. NattyOne
    
    Lion
    
    How true & of course there's the linguistic confusion between right & left!!! Great shot!! Posted one year ago
  3. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Plus me looking at things from an elevated height (typically), different angle. Thanks! Posted one year ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Yayyyyy Love me some Ptilinopus doves!! Great shot too, and amazing how sharp it is for shooting blind! Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! Here's a non-cropped shot of the scene. Note that it's already at 500mm, so the cropping of the better photo is very deep indeed.
  
  Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
2. 1. Thibaud Aronson
    
    Lion
    
    Wow that's where the 45 MP really come in handy! Damn... Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Yep :) Posted one year ago

William Bodine

Lion

All I can say is WOW! Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I know you love green :) Posted one year ago

The Coroneted fruit dove

The coroneted fruit dove is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is found in New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, particularly in hilly terrain.

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Similar species: Pigeons And Doves

Species identified by Ferdy Christant