How do you tell Harriet and M15 apart?
There are a couple of differences between Harriet and M15. Harriet is larger than M15.
M15’s supraorbital ridge (bone over the eye) has more feather cover than Harriet’s. M15’s eyes are darker in color and he has a dark area surrounding the back of the eye (in the feathers).
Harriet’s beak is larger in size (deeper and longer). Where the dividing line of the cere (area of beak closer to face) is located there is a dark line/mark on the beak in front of the nare on M15. His nares are more open and at the right angle the inside is visible. On the right side of M15’s face there is a small dark spot in the cere below the nare. Harriet has a dark spot on the top of her beak (in the cere area) near the forehead.
On the back of M15’s neck in the center there are some light colored feathers in the dark brown feathers where the white meets the brown (giving a speckled appearance). M15 has an overall darker appearance around the eye area.
When viewing from above Harriet’s feathers have a more gradual change from brown to white feathers (making it look speckled). M15’s tail feathers (retices) have a neater, rounded appearance than Harriet’s. All photos taken from SWFEC.
How do you tell Harriet and M15 apart?
There are a couple of differences between Harriet and M15. Harriet is larger than M15.
M15’s supraorbital ridge (bone over the eye) has more feather cover than Harriet’s. M15’s eyes are darker in color and he has a dark area surrounding the back of the eye (in the feathers).
Harriet’s beak is larger in size (deeper and longer). Where the dividing line of the cere (area of beak closer to face) is located there is a dark line/mark on the beak in front of the nare on M15. His nares are more open and at the right angle the inside is visible. On the right side of M15’s face there is a small dark spot in the cere below the nare. Harriet has a dark spot on the top of her beak (in the cere area) near the forehead.
On the back of M15’s neck in the center there are some light colored feathers in the dark brown feathers where the white meets the brown (giving a speckled appearance). M15 has an overall darker appearance around the eye area.
When viewing from above Harriet’s feathers have a more gradual change from brown to white feathers (making it look speckled). M15’s tail feathers (retices) have a neater, rounded appearance than Harriet’s. All photos taken from SWFEC.