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White-headed Stilt edit

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 10 Apr 2012 at 03:00:40 (UTC)

 
Original – Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus), Lake Joondalup, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Reason
This subspecies of the Black-winged Stilt is sometimes considered a separate species, the White-headed Stilt, depending on the authority. At any rate, this is a high quality article illustration.
Articles in which this image appears
White-headed Stilt, Black-winged Stilt
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator
JJ Harrison
  • Support as nominator --JJ Harrison (talk) 03:00, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Question -- Is that a drop of water on its beak? Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:45, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Z 20:10, 1 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Jkadavoor (talk) 05:47, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support -- George Chernilevsky talk 05:30, 3 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose -- i consider this image to be considerably worse than the already existing image for Black-winged Stilt and the shelduck above (same photographer, i see ;). mainly i can't distinguish any feathers in the over-exposed areas on the head and side of the breast, and it has some chromatic aberration along the back. i know white/black birds are notoriously hard to photograph, and this is ok as an illustration of the articles, but not as a featured photo. piranha (talk) 07:43, 6 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Good quality --Morning Sunshine (talk) 15:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per piranha. Papa Lima Whiskey 2 (talk) 15:12, 7 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose per piranha. Sanyambahga (talk) 17:16, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support It's my understanding that this photo is of a White-headed Stilt, and the picture mentioned by Piranha is of a Black-winged Stilt. I think this is quite an interesting distinction. TehGrauniad (talk) 19:11, 9 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus - Lake Joondalup.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 00:35, 16 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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