Hi Bob,
I think it's a female Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul) from SE Asia.
http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/search.php?p=2&action=searchresult&Bird_ID=52&Bird_Family_ID=&pagesize=1
Tom
On 10/18/07, Bob Power <> wrote:
>
> Dear birders,
>
> > A friend went to Australia and went to the Sidney
> > zoo
> > and took some pictures. She forgot to annotate them.
> >
> > I have a picture of what looks to be a gamebird,
> size of a large
> rail/gallinule or large quail.
>
> As it was taken at the zoo, it may not even be an
> Australian Bird.
>
> I see your listserv doesn't accept photos, so I'd be
> glad to send to any individual on request.
>
> The bird has a Gray bill and head, bill length shorter
> than half of headlength, slightly decurved and looks
> to be thicker in the upper mandible.
> Dark eye-line curving downward towards the nape.
> Contrasting dark gray neck band that blends into a
> med.green back, chest and belly.
> Brownish-orange flanks.
> Short tail.
> Orange/pink unfeathered legs.
> Leg height is shorter than body height, giving the
> bird a rounded shape.
>
> > Any clues? Toes and bill don't look right for a
> > rail,
> > so I assume it's some kind of gamebird.
>
> Any thoughts as to family, country of origin or
> specific species i.d. would be sincerely appreciated.
>
> Bob Power
> Oakland, CA
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