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Papygai4ik — Aplomado Falcon 2
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Published: 2017-11-02 19:56:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 835; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 0
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I tried to do something in a realistic style
and that's what we have)
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Beautiful job, i love the realism and details of feathers especially on shoulder. I like very much the soft brush on his head. The eye is one of my favourite thing, if you look closely you can see the reflection of the environment even if shown as bubbles, i love the fact you can also see the pupil. Great job^^
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They are usually orange from below, but from above are white. Is this not so?)
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Nope. Whiter morphs do exist, as I've just found by checking google images (and I didn't know until just now), but the viewing angle won't change the perceived colour of a single individual.
This one is pretty thoroughly orange: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
And here's a white one from below: www.oiseaux-birds.com/falconif…
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Their color differs based on subspecies. The norther aplomado (Falco femoralis septentrionalis) has a white chest and face, but is orange below the breast and on to the legs. The peruvian aplomado (Falco femoralis pichinchae) is entirely orange instead of white.
I've attached a pic of my peruvian aplos, and a google image of the northern supspecies to help show the difference.
My birds, captive bred in US, found in peru
google- nothern aplo (found in SE US)
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Oh yeah, I see now.
I don't think I've seen the northern subspecies before.
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They're considered threatened/endangered here in the US. They're not very common in breeding programs, zoos, and mostly unheard of in regards to falconry. The peruvian aplo is much more common.
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That would explain it.
I hope they become more present in breeding programs, then. Wouldn't want to see their numbers drop further.
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Me too! The Peregrine Fund was working on captive breeding and reintroducing birds to the wild but I am unsure if they're still doing so. I think they stopped.
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