photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Type your message and click Add Comment
It is best to login or register first but you may post as a guest.
Enter an optional name and contact email address. Name
Name Email
help private comment
Daniele Occhiato | profile | all galleries >> Trip Photoreports >> Cape Verde - March 2015 tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Cape Verde - March 2015

Cape Verde: Landscapes and other stuff
Cape Verde: Landscapes and other stuff 		SAO NICOLAU & RASO (Cape Verde)
SAO NICOLAU & RASO (Cape Verde) 		BOAVISTA (Cape Verde)
BOAVISTA (Cape Verde) 		SANTIAGO (Cape Verde)
SANTIAGO (Cape Verde)

comment | share
Rubén Barone 09-Feb-2016 19:09
OK, it's agree with my observations in different islands of the Cape Verdes. The melanistic form is more common on Madeira and La Palma islands.
Daniele Occhiato05-Feb-2016 13:51
I did not seen any melanistic Blackcap, I am sorry.. despite I have looked for it a lot :-)
Rubén Barone 23-Jan-2016 21:10
Hi again. OK, perfect. By the way, did you see any "Veiled" or melanistic Blackcap there? As you know, there are records of melanistic birds from the Azores, Madeira and the Canaries, but not -as far as I know- from the Cape Verdes.
Daniele Occhiato22-Jan-2016 18:25
Hi Rubén, thanks for your comment. I perfectly know the story how the name "gularis" was given by Boyd Alexander on 1898. However, until this ssp won't be officially "deleted", I will keep it on my pictures.
Rubén Barone 09-Jan-2016 15:44
Hi.
Very good and nice photos. Congratulations! Only one comment: the subspecies gularis of Blackcap seems to ve invalid, as its description was based on birds showing orange-yellow throat due to pollen of Aloe plants. In fact, your image of the species shows it. I have also seen some birds with orange throat on Fogo Island in 2005.
Best regards, and thanks for offer these excellent images,
Rubén Barone
Daniele Occhiato07-Apr-2015 08:54
Hi Dave
sorry for the late reply.. No, there was only one Black Heron and one Intermediate Egret at Barragem de Poilao, Santiago. On Boavista I had a male Blue-winged Teal and a possible American Golden Plover...
Dave Barnes05-Apr-2015 23:49
Very nice shots Daniele, I was in Cape Verde in February at Boa Vista only. Were there still 2 Black Herons at this site?
click on thumbnails for full image