Northern Bald Ibis // Íbis-pelado

(Geronticus eremita)

Douira

Marrocos

 

It is certainly not the most beautiful of bird species, yet it was because of them that we added 4 days to our visit to Morocco and traveled 11h (about 700 km) from near the border with Algeria to the Atlantic Ocean to photograph the last known colony of this endangered species.

 

With this species, I conclude the list of the 34 new species that I photographed (a somewhat pompous term for some of the mediocre records I made).

Now, for awhile, I won't have any new species to show. I hope this phase passes quickly ;-) 😜.

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Não é seguramente a mais bela das aves, mas foi por causa delas que ficamos mais 4 dias em Marrocos e viajamos durante 11h (cerca de 700 km) desde perto da fronteira com a Argélia até ao Oceano Atlântico para fotografar a última colónia conhecida desta espécie ameaçada.

 

Com esta espécie concluo a lista das 34 espécies novas que fotografei (termo algo pomposo para alguns dos registos medíocres que fiz).

 

Agora, durante algum tempo, não terei nenhuma espécie nova para mostrar. Espero que essa fase passe rápido ;-) 😜.

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All my photos are now organized into sets by the country where they were taken, by taxonomic order, by family, by species (often with just one photo for the rarer ones), and by the date they were taken.

So, you may find:

- All the photos for this trip Marrocos (2024) (89)

- All the photos for this order PELECANIFORMES (601)

- All the photos for this family Threskiornithidae (Tresquiornitídeos) (97)

- All the photos for this species Geronticus eremita (3)

- All the photos taken this day 2024/05/11 (11)

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Done