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Enter search term exactly as follows … “head is COLOUR” + “eye is COLOUR” + “bill is COLOUR” + “throat is COLOUR” + “Back is COLOUR” + “Legs are COLOUR”. Of course substitue the word COLOUR for the actual colour (see table below).

You only need to add a phrase for the information you have eg … if you only have eye colour and bill colour then you just type those 2 sections into the search box. However the more of these variables you type in the easier it will be to identify the bird from the list returned. You can use either upper or lower case or mix of both.

Try this example … type EXACTLY as below …

“Eye is brown” + “throat is white” + “Legs are red” + “back is black” + “Bill is carmine”.

This is the answer you will get if you typed correctly …

1. Grey-headed Kingfisher ( Halcyon leucocephala fam. Dacelonidae) Kruger Park Birds …
plumage and colours Head is grey. Eye is brown. Bill is carmine. Throat is white. Back is black. Legs colour is red. This bird has normally proportioned leg length. Main diet items
http://www.thekruger.com/halcyonleucocephala

This is the only bird in the Kruger Park that matches such a description.

It is important to only use those colours shown in the table below. Do NOT use any other colour because they do not appear in the data base. These colours are those used in Roberts 7th edition.

Table showing colours to use for searching for unidentified birds

Eye	Bill	Back	Back	Head	Head	Throat	Throat	Legs
black	black	black	grey, brown	black	grey	azure	pink	black
blue	blackish brown	blackish brown	grey, olive	blackish brown	grey, black	black	pink, red	black, grey
brown	blue	black, blue	grey, pink	black, blue, white	grey, brown	black, brown	purple	black, red
brown, red	blue, grey	black, brown	grey, white	black, brown	grey, olive	black, grey	purple, black	blue
chestnut	brown	black, grey	maroon	black, grey	grey, pink	black, purple	red	blue, green
cream	carmine	black, purple	mauve	black, purple	grey, white	black, red	reddish brown	blue, grey
crimson	crimson	black, white	olive	black, red	mauve, pink	black, white	red, brown	blue, pink
green	green	blue	olive, brown	black, white	olive	blue	scarlet	brown
grey	greenish black	blue, black	olive, green	blue	olive, brown	blue-green	umber	brown, pink
hazel	greenish yellow	blue, green	olive, grey	blue-green	olive, green	blue, black	violet	crimson
orange	grey	blue, grey	orange, yellow	blue, black	olive, grey	blue, green	white	green
red	grey, black	blue, purple	pink	blue, chestnut	orange	blue, grey	white	grey
red brown	grey, green	bronze, green	pink, red	blue, green	pink	brown	white, black	grey, black
reddish brown	grey, white	bronze, pink	purple	blue, grey	pink, red	brown, black	white, brown	grey, pink
red, brown	ivory	brown	purple, black	blue, purple	purple	brown, white	white, chestnut	grey, white
sepia	mauve	brownish green	purple, brown	bronze	purple, blue	chestnut	white, grey	olive
white	olive	brown, black	purplish-black	bronze, green	purple, brown	chrome	yellow	orange
white, yellow	orange	brown, blue	red	brown	red	cinnamon		orange, yellow
yellow	pink	brown, grey	red, brown	brown, grey	red, brown	cream		pink
	pink, black	chestnut	red, olive	brown, white	red, pink	green		pink, brown
	purple	cinnamon	scarlet	chestnut	scarlet	green, black		purple
	red	copper	umber	cinnamon	silver, grey	grey		purplish red
	scarlet	cream	velvet	cream	umber	grey, black		red
	white	green	violet	golden, rufous	velvet	grey, brown		red, pink
	yellow	green, olive	white	green	white	grey, white		white
		green, yellow	white, black	greenish blue	white, black	grey, yellow		yellow
		grey	yellow	green, black	white, brown	lilac		yellowish pink
		grey, black	yellow, brown	green, brown	white, grey	mauve		yellow, green
		grey, blue	yellow, green	green, olive	yellow	orange

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