I have the same photo without the second bird in the background, but used this one as it is more interesting. Is this a good choice, bad choice, or matter of taste?
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/3.5
Color Space
Uncalibrated
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Program
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
180 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Multi-Segment
Shutter Speed Value
1/320 sec
Date/Time
Fri 28 Dec 2007 04:37:36 AM EST
English Buff-banded Rail Scientific (Hypotaenidia philippensis) Order GRUIFORMES Family (Latin) Rallidae Family (English) Rails, Crakes & Coots Other name(s) Banded Land-Rail, Sharpe's Rail, Râle tiklin, Banded Rail Breeding Regions AU, PO Breeding Range widespread, also Philippines Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map American Samoa,Australia,Indonesia,Micronesia,New Caledonia,Niue,Palau,Papua New Guinea,Philippines,Samoa, IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range andrewsi Cocos (Keeling) I. (se Indian Ocean) sethsmithi Vanuatu and Fiji (probably extinct Viti Levu and Vanua Levu; sw Polynesia) swindellsi New Caledonia including Loyalty Is. goodsoni Samoa and Niue (sc Polynesia) ecaudata Tonga (sc Polynesia) assimilis n North, n South and satellites of Stewart is. (New Zealand) macquariensis † Macquarie I. (far se of Australia) lacustris nw, ne, c, se New Guinea and Long I. (n of ne New Guinea) tounelieri Coral Sea Is. (se New Guinea to n New Caledonia) christophori Solomon Is. meyeri Witu and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.) xerophila Gunungapi Wetar (Banda Sea) wilkinsoni Flores (c Lesser Sundas) philippensis Philippines (except Palawan, and Zamboanga Pen. through Sulu Arch.), Borneo, Sulawesi and satellites, Bali and Lesser Sundas pelewensis Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) anachoretae Kaniet Is. (=Anchorite Is., nw of Manus, Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.) admiralitatis Admiralty Is. (nw Bismarck Arch.) praedo Skoki (Admiralty Is., nw Bismarck Arch.) lesouefi New Hanover (=Lavongai), New Ireland, Tabar and Tanga (ne Bismarck Arch.) mellori Moluccas, nw, s New Guinea, Australia (except c, Tasmania) and Norfolk I. (far e of Australia)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Linnaeus, 1766): NOTE(TAX,PHY: Formerly in Gallirallus. Move to Hypotaenidia (Kirchman 2012; Dickinson & Remsen 2013). Note gender.) German Bindenralle French Râle tiklin Chinese 红眼斑秧鸡 Japanese ナンヨウクイナ Russian Полосатый пастушок Spanish Rascón filipino Portuguese frango-de-água-de-colar-ruivo Bird Data App text
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
