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Published: 2019-09-26 04:00:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 733; Favourites: 100; Downloads: 0
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When: December 1, 2018
Where: Diergaarde Blijdorp Rotterdam, The Netherlands
This Plantain-Eater was quite happy with the bit of food he found - and then had to protect it from all the other Turacos (making us very happy since they all got together 
Species: Western [Grey] Plantain-Eater (Grijze bananeneter)
Latin name: Crinifer Piscator/ Africanus
Originates from tropical west Africa.
Current status: Least Concern
Did you know:
...Plantain-Eaters are members of the Turaco family.
…They are common, noisy and conspicuous birds, being a lot less colorful than some of its relatives in the Turaco family – of whom some, such as the Violet Turaco are at times also called Plantain-Eater.
…It is very similar to the closely related Eastern Plantain-Eater, the latter having white tail bars, lacking the chest bars and dark wing feather shafts.
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Comments: 18
Ooh, they are very cool
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I’ve done this before. Throw a piece of something and the birds come swooping in. Still makes for fun moments.
Nice shot.
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That is true
I normally only do it when I see young waterfowl struggling a bit; they're part of the zoo, but not in an official way, and they're often ignored. So if I happen to be eating something, I toss bits to the ground. I've only had a whole bunch of them swoop in a few times
Thanks
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Sweet capture, looks like he got himself a nice piece of something
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THanks
Yes, whatever it was, it made him very happy indeed
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