Today's mystery bird for you to identify | @GrrlScientist

This lovely Malaysian mystery bird was once united in the same family with another group of birds Mystery Bird photographed in West Malaysia ( Peninsular Malaysia ) on the Malay Peninsula in southeast Asia. [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Marie-Louise Ng, 29 April 2012 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only ) [ velociraptorise ]. Nikon D3S, 1/500 sec, f/6.3 ...

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