hoary spoonbill

[John F. Schwaller]

That's the double-headed eagle that the Spanish used inherited from the 
Hapsburg coat of arms, which is probably how it ended up in Mexico.  
What is interesting in that the two birds have quite different plumage.  
The one on the right has common eagle coloring and beak, but the one on 
the left is more of a tropical bird, more like a macaw or parrot.




Michel Oudijk wrote:
> Dear friends,
>  
> I don't know much about birds but according to the people from 
> Quauhquechollan the Quechollin looks like they painted it in their 
> lienzo (see the attached photo or Florine Asselbergs' book about the 
> lienzo). Maybe one of you bird watchers can identified it this way. 
> Doesn't look like a flamenco to me though.
>  
> Abrazo,
>  
> Michel
>
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