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

This small Ethiopian mystery bird is placed into a large and fascinating group of birdsMystery Bird photographed at the Billen Lodge in Awash National Park, at the southern tip of the Afar Region in central Ethiopia (Africa). [I will identify this bird in 49 or so hours] Image: Dan Logen, 29 January 2011 (with permission, for GrrlScientist/Guardian use only) [velociraptorise]. D300s, 600 mm lens, ISO 500, 1/800 sec, f/9 Question: This small Ethiopian mystery bird is placed into a large and fascinating group of birds. Can you identify this bird's taxonomic family and species and tell me something that you think is especially interesting about this bird's family?The Game:1. This is intended to be a learning experience where together we learn a few things about birds and about the process of identifying them (and maybe about ourselves, too). 2. Each mystery bird is usually accompanied by...

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