pic taken at Leanyer STW, Darwin: is this a Rainbow Bee-eater?
Yes Peter
M-L
I should have said - is this a young RBE? The aqua stripe is missing below the black eye mask, there is no golden throat or black throat line, the body is not green.
Peter
You are right, it is a juvenile, I just found a photo of one on Flickr, looks exactly like yours.
here is a link:
http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&gs_rn=12&gs_ri=psy-ab&suggest=p&cp=26&gs_id=2y&xhr=t&q=juvenile+Rainbow+Bee-eater&es_nrs=true&pf=p&rlz=1R2NCLR_enAU494&sclient=psy-ab&oq=juvenile+Rainbow+Bee-eater&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=1&biw=1578&bih=712&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&cad=b
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Yes Peter
M-L
I should have said - is this a young RBE? The aqua stripe is missing below the black eye mask, there is no golden throat or black throat line, the body is not green.
Peter
You are right, it is a juvenile, I just found a photo of one on Flickr, looks exactly like yours.
M-L
here is a link:
http://www.google.com.au/#hl=en&gs_rn=12&gs_ri=psy-ab&suggest=p&cp=26&gs_id=2y&xhr=t&q=juvenile+Rainbow+Bee-eater&es_nrs=true&pf=p&rlz=1R2NCLR_enAU494&sclient=psy-ab&oq=juvenile+Rainbow+Bee-eater&gs_l=&pbx=1&fp=1&biw=1578&bih=712&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&cad=b
M-L