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ML205215591 IBC 1320109
Contributor
Prof.Dr. Ahmet Karatash Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Mabamba Swamp
Central, Uganda
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
100th species with 100th photo: elusive Balaeniceps rex. This is my 100th species with 100th photo. Therefore I select a special bird, elusive Balaeniceps rex or Abu Markub, which is arabic name. Before scientific named by Gould in 1850, arabic traders saw it and called as abu markub (أبو مركوب). Its meaning shoe + bill in English or Pabuç+gaga in Turkish. We captured it in Mabamba Swamps edge of Victoria Lake in a sunny days. It came from a distance of 2-3 km by flying and landed on very close area. It was our luck. In last year, same bird was star of a documentary film on Turkish T.R.T. channel. Happy New Years to all of you. Elevation: 1133 m. Date added to IBC: December 31, 2016.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Model
- Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
- ISO
- 320
- Focal length
- 600 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/4.0
- Shutter speed
- 1/2500 sec
- Dimensions
- 1920 pixels x 1080 pixels
- Original file size
- 1.22 MB