Crested or Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata). Preening plumage on the rump. Note that lower eye-lids are drawn.

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Crested or Southern Screamer (Chauna torquata). Preening plumage on the rump. Note that lower eye-lids are drawn, up and over, protecting the eye-ball surface and lens, whilst this behaviour is in process.

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Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
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