User talk:Stavenn

Welcome!

Hello, Stavenn, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

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Tragopan melanocephalus

Was wondering why you reverted the last edit. I usually add the scientific names next to the common names on the species pages so that people coming in via the scientific name can see why they were diverted there. Shyamal 11:04, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it is a general practise that the article title is mentioned in the introduction. So although both the common name and scientific name are mentioned in the taxobox, it is a general practise to include them both on the introductory section. Shyamal 11:55, 4 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cockatoo redirects

Humm, I was told by someone in the beginning that it was better to avoid redirects, but I just checked the relevant wikipedia guideline, and saw it whould not be done. Darn, I was apparently put at the wrong idea. Ok, I am going to fix them.... Thanks for asking. Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 00:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

hello stavenn, thank you for adding taxobox to the article "Victoria's Riflebird", which i started a couple of days ago. today i logged in to add taxobox, but i found out that you had already done what i was gonna do. ;) thank you once again.

On Bulwer's Pheasant

I'll take your word that it's not a hoax. The general flavour of the article seemed indicative though. I've chopped out the parts that didn't belong, and it feels like a more proper article now. --Improv 17:09, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest that the kitchen-fridge drawing doesn't belong. If you feel that the courtship ritual does belong, is there a way you can write it that sounds more encyclopedic and less like a celebration? I also would like to rename the article to Wattled Pheasant, as by the links you sent, that seems to be a more proper name for the article. Does that sound ok? --Improv 21:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Imperial Parrot

Imperial Parrot is a common name of the species. Be more careful with your edit ! Do not move any article without discussing first. See : Wikipedia:WikiProject Birds.--Stavenn 03:55, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the information. You should leave a note when creating such articles saying that they are intended to be that way, otherwise it looks like a violation of the naming guidelines. JoaoRicardo^talk 04:04, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

bold

Please see here

A query about Pavo (genus). Do they hybridise in the wild, or just in captivity - I don't know if the ranges overlap.

You seem to be doing sterling work on the Oz birds - I hadn't picked up on this until I saw your user page, since I've not seen the vast majority of the species you are covering. jimfbleak 06:09, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

later.. I noticed that Satanic Eared Nightjar did not have nightjar in its "what links here" list, because the latter hyphenates as Eared-Nightjar. I've fixed this with a redirect, but it's always worth checking that families and other items you expect to see in the "what links here" are actually there, given alternative names and the hyphen nightmare. jimfbleak 10:21, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image for Labrador Duck

I noticed you inserted a photograph of a specimen in the taxobox for Labrador Duck. It's a good photograph, when enlarged, but I don't think it works as well as the illustration for an in-line image in the taxobox--the contrast is fairly low, and it gets muddy when reduced. Also, the male is not shown. I like what has evolved for Great Auk, where there is an illustration in the taxobox and then a gallery below for museum specimens. I think this works well for most species, and is a good plan for extinct species, where the engraving shown first immediately adds a bit of historic context. What do you think? --Cotinis 13:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Fauna of New Guinea

I was wondering whether you had any references which could help towards this article, and whether you could help expand it. Especially in areas that aren't amphibians or mammals. Thanks --liquidGhoul 03:48, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Great thanks. --liquidGhoul 12:20, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Stavenn, thanks for your message, and please see my reply on my talk page. Arjuna 02:46, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again Stavenn, thanks for your reply to mine, and I've posted another one on my talk page. Arjuna 06:00, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Btw, I really appreciate the work you've put in in adding all the new articles on the avifauna. Good work! Arjuna 06:04, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Stavenn, you may wish to read some of these reports The Last Frontier - Illegal Logging in Papua and China's Massive Timber Theft

"Above the Law"

Terror-razing the Forest - While there have been several high-risk efforts to document environmental damages please appreciate that the whole of West New Guinea has been declared a "military operational zone" since the mid 1960s, and that both the media and NGOs are not allowed unsupervised access. And not forgetting the import of exotics like various Asian monkeys, diseases and parasites which wreak havoc on the Australian biosystems. Hope that helps. :)211.30.222.139 17:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bronx Zoo disambiguation edit?

Hello Stavenn- I don't know why you reverted my addition of a "disambiguation" note on The Bronx Zoo page - I have put it back. This was not vandalism or a joke, it is a legitimate reference to a book titled "The Bronx Zoo" about the New York Yankees, written by Sparky Lyle - his Wiki article тgoes into detail about the book. Please leave it as it appears or leave a note as to why you think it should be removed. (In general an explanation of a change like that is a good idea.) Thank you. Tvoz 08:30, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That's ok, no harm done!Tvoz 15:08, 26 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bird caps

Thanks for pointing that out. However, there are numerous examples in the List of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds where the second word in a hyphenated pair is capitalised eg the Storm-Petrels, Diving-Petrels, Whistling-Ducks, etc. I suppose these should be fixed. Apologies for causing you extra work. GrahamBould 08:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Superb Lyrebird

I don't recalled anything saying the image on taxobox was the male Superb Lyrebird displaying in courtship. It just written : Menura novaehollandiae, male - AMNH. Most of museum, not only American Museum ??, put the tail upright just to show what the tails look like, not because they didn't know. Regarding the tail when courtship display, it already mentioned on the article : During courtship display, the tail is fanned forward beyond his head to form a silvery white canopy.--Stavenn 03:36, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The AMNH to which the image of the Superb Lyrebird is attributed, is short for the American Museum of Natural History, so the image is from an American museum as I commented.

I wrote the trivia section, commenting that the tail is not correct for display (of which I am also aware of), because the way the tail is raised (in the featured image) is misleading.

I am not impressed by your attempt to patronise me by instructing me as to how the Lyrebird actually holds its tail. I am an Australian, and I have always been aware of the actual position in which both the Superb Lyrebird and Albert's Lyrebird hold their tails during their courtship dances. Figaro 04:10, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I notice that you have now done me the discourtesy to reverse my edits of the Superb Lyrebird article. I am not impressed by this discourtesy either. It would appear that you are interested in reversion wars. Figaro 04:17, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

NPOV !! Didn't you read my comment above ? Nobody said the image was Superbird displaying. Enough with your ridiculous accusation. Whose instructing you ? In fact, I don't wanna have anything to do with you. Also, not only Australian (again, NPOV !!) is aware of the bird. Reversion war ?? go ahead !! I don't have time to waste with you. Just contact any admin & their judgment, we'll see from there. See ya !--Stavenn 04:24, 20 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Giant Sable Antelope

Thanks for your contribution to the Giant Sable Antelope article. --Nathan Holland 16:11, 24 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

About Pavo (genus)

As you see, id:Merak is about Peafowl. Peafowl is a name for two genera Pavo (genus) and Afropavo. -- ChongDae 01:03, 29 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bronx zoo birds

I was just at the Bronx zoo this past summer and took many photos of the birds there as well. :) I notice you just created the Black and white casqued hornbill page, I added my photo (the lead for the relevant genus) in a gallery at the bottom. I believe it's the same bird. :) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 21:50, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the kind words. The male Palawan is a bit blurry for my taste (and that was the sharpest shot I could get, that guy didn't want to sit still!), but the plumage sure does stand out. I wasn't able to get a shot of the green junglefowl, unfortunately, but I did get good shots of quite a few of the other birds. Let me know if there's anything in particular you're looking for. I've got about two dozen shots of the ocellated turkeys, I just can't decide which ones are best. :) --Dante Alighieri | Talk 01:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I uploaded a shot of the Pheasant Pigeon, but it's a pretty lousy one. :( The lighting in there doesn't make for great shots a lot of the time. Anyway, it's in the article. I couldn't find shots of the other birds, I'll keep looking though. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 00:30, 9 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Blue-gray Tanager

I don't see why you changed the picture on Blue-gray Tanager. I'm assuming you think your picture is better than the one which was on the article (mine), but the coloration is bad. Frankly, it looks suspect in my eyes. Please bear this in mind when you change pictures that other people have submitted. Good faith has allowed me to comment like this, please help me maintain it. --TaranRampersad 07:36, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I changed the image because the previous was small and blur. You can't see the detail of bird. "Frankly, it looks suspect in my eyes" = your opinion, what can I say ? FYI, you are allowed to change/edit freely (not vandalize) on Wiki. Just change back, if you feel your image more informative. That happened to me and everybody. I rather using my time to create or edit an article instead of arguing. If easily offended, do not Wiki. Cheers --Stavenn 13:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I am not arguing. I am simply pointing out that changing pictures to get credit is what some could see you doing. Frankly, the picture you placed up there lacks color which is an important part of the bird's appearance. I'd suggest you change it to one that does have color (or I or someone else will). "If you are easily offended, do not Wiki." - back at you. :-) Assume Good. I assumed good, but I fear you have not done the same. My message was to point out to you that arbitrarily changing images to the ones you have created doesn't always create a good impression on other editors. I assume you thought your picture was better or you would not have made the change. That is all. --TaranRampersad 16:45, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From the comments I left on my talk page: Again, if I were offended I would have replaced the image. Your image does not show the colors of the tanager very well - period. I had thought you would see the point and take it constructively, but since that is not the case, I'll simply note to myself that you are not someone who allows for being wrong. Good day. :-) --TaranRampersad 20:01, 8 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Red Panda at Prospect Park Zoo

I like your photograph of the Red Panda at Prospect Park Zoo (Image:Stavenn Ailurus fulgens 00.jpg). I incorporated it into the article. Thank you for making it available. Gosgood 03:25, 2 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Red Bird Of Paradise

Hey I love your shots of the male RBOP. His name is Paprika. I can never get him to stand still long enough for a decent shot =). What kind of camera do you use? If you don't mind me asking. Demichels 02:34, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Congo Peafowl Hissing Female

Unfortunately, I got this from a semi-unauthorative source. The flaw about the source its its the same controversial source that believes the Green Peafowl to be 6 species. [1] You can remove it or put citation needed tag if you want. Frankyboy5 02:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

White-breasted Guineafowl

Thanks for the changes to the White-breasted Guineafowl article. Unfortunately I had to remove the image agelastes meleagrides.jpg from the page due to copyright issues. It was uploaded as a copyright free image, but probably that wasn't the case.

I have tried before to put on an image of a white-breasted guineafowl, but failed. I officially asked permission to use the image on [2], but never got a response.

Besides these copyright issues, both pictures are not great either. I'll continue my quest for good pictures of white-breasted, black, and vulturine guineafowl.

eboy 14:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article typo?

Hey there, I just noticed you editing User:Staven/images. Shouldn't it be User:Stavenn/images? Just a heads up. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 05:10, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dou itashimashite! Side note, nice pics, yourself. Spent a lot of time in the zoo, I gather? --Brad Beattie (talk) 05:39, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Japan? Yeah, lived there for a year, actually. Just got back to Canada. :) --Brad Beattie (talk) 06:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Kookaburra merger

Hi Stavenn. I've outlined my reasons for the merger on the Kookaburra talk page.--Just James 07:35, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Green Peafowl

hi stavenn, I presume you have access to bird literature on Indonesia and neighbouring regions. Is there any information in the local bird guides and other standard literature on green peafowl geographic colour variants, subspecies (or even species) ? I saw similar information being added to Indian Peafowl, but I am very familiar with that species and know for sure that the information added is incorrect with no distinctive Sri Lankan form recognized. thanks. Shyamal 04:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've commented as you suggested, don't know if it helps. Jimfbleak.talk.08:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are genetic differences between Sri Lankan cristatus and those of the main form. There are also some phenotypic differences. Southern Indian birds may be identical with Sri Lankan populations but the specimens from Rajhistan and the Gir forest inidicate quite a bit of genetic divergence has taken place between the Sri Lankan population and those of the Northern Indian populations. The genome mapping project of the genus Pavo has been underway for several years now. The results will not be published until 2010 as we have only just begun with the Yunnan and Western Cambodian forms of 'green' peafowl.

Stavenn, I have been trying to contact you for some time now. My name is Kermit Blackwood. Please contact me Kermit@marlboro.edu or PiAmoun@gmail.com We are putting the Encylopedia Gallinacea together and would like to know if you would like to collaborate on this project. IF your parents need a reference have them call Christine Sheppard at the Bronx Zoo ( chairman of ornithology) or George Barrowclough at the American Museum of Natural History. If you are not interested please just send me a note. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.114.161.147 (talk) 22:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Steller sea lion

I reverted your recent change in spelling back to "Steller" from "Steller's". Unlike the birds (eg Steller's eider), E. j. is almost universally spelled "Steller sea lion" in the English lit. See talk page for more discussion on this. Nowreally 23:36, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks again for thoughtful comments. I'll look for more double redirects. I'm done with the name bit on E.j. page. Unfortunately I'm not really interested in going deep into how Wikipedia assigns common names, if it's a problem then please have at it and bring it back to whatever the accepted Wikipedia standards might be. However I can say that the page, as it was, was jarring to read and out of line with the scientific community. Sort of like if I had read "Steller jay" or "Steller eider", it would look plainly wrong. Nowreally 17:32, 17 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

hi

Well as regarding to your messages, i am currently searching high and low for information (that is not copyrighted) available to expand those articles. Haha. If u have any books or websites to recommend, please feel free to post at my talk pages. Luffy487 04:41, 5 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Alright, i will try to expand those articles. Luffy487 04:54, 5 February 2007 (UTC) (If i managed to find more time)[reply]

Lesser Melampitta descrption very misleading

I found a photo of one of them that shows that it does not have an all-black body [3]. Instead it has a Brown body with a black head. Frankyboy5 07:08, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The photo is a female Lesser Bird of Paradise !! --Stavenn 07:20, 24 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

That was kinda what I thought, but it did look different from a female Lesser BOP. Can you give me a picture of a Lesser Melampitta to confirm the description? Frankyboy5 05:58, 18 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image placement

Since we seem to have a disagreement about image placement in bird articles, I've brought up the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Taxobox usage. I'm quite sure you'd like to share your opinion on the situation. I want to resolve our current "dispute", but more importantly get some idea what the community thinks about situations like these, since they are likely to happen again, and I have no desire to fight in the quest to improve Wikipedia. -- RM 18:54, 25 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bird images

No problem, thanks for trying to make it work with another editor. I loved taking a break from work to look at all of the bird pictures the two of you are posting. KP Botany 03:55, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you

Thank you for your help in improving the articles Abyssinian Lovebird and Black-collared Lovebird! PoeticX 05:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi from WikiProject Indonesia

Hi Stavenn! How are you?

WikiProject Indonesia invites you to join the project, and we are sure that you can help us greatly there. WikiProject Indonesia is a project dedicated to improve all articles related to Indonesia and currently we have got 37 members.

Here are some things you can help us with:

Assessment: It's where you can tag Indonesia-related articles out there with our project banner and help us gather all articles.
Cartography: Or maybe you can draw maps? It is a very important sector of our project, since Indonesia is a big country with thousands of islands, maps could be very useful.
Collaboration: Every fortnight, we choose a short article that needs to be looked at and we improve that particular article together. The main goal is, of course, to reach featured article status.
Or you can just help us expand articles related to Indonesia.

Have fun and see you there!. -- Imo eng 13:03, 25 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

opening lead for bio articles

Please leave the scientific name in parenthesis. If you have a problem with this, take it to an appropriate discussion page, such as the talk page for WP:BIRD. If you continue to make these edits without discussion, I will view it as vandalism, and block your edit privileges. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:54, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On what base ? what's wrong to put scientific name without brackets (WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL WHEN ARTICLE CREATED) & there is no rules for that. I don't see any use of brackets in scientific name, it just personal (yours) preference. And you said I vandal the page(s) that I started because some kid told you ? Get real ! He's the one makes edits without discussion ! --Stavenn 15:07, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please maintain civility, and take the issue to an appropriate talk page. If you continue to shout at me and other users, I will regard that as vandalism, too. - UtherSRG (talk) 15:34, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Different issue now EH ! Just block ! Like I'll die if not edit wikipedia. As administrator you should be neutral. Don't get to someone else business, if you can't handle it. You solved nothing here.--Stavenn 15:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've asked you nicely not to remove the scientific name from parenthesis in the opening sentance, and to take your concerns to an appropriate talk page. Instead, you have continued to be a nuisance. I am blocking you for 24 hours. When you return from the block, if you continue these edits without seeking resolution from an appropriate talk papge such as WP:BIRD, I will block you for longer periods of time. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:29, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki-Admin abusing power ?

In last couple days, I’ve been having problems with two Wikipedia members. The members are: Figaro (the Puppet-master) and Wikiadministrator/power-abuser UtherSRG (the puppet). The main problem is the style of writing on birds/fauna article. These two users are persistent to use brackets on scientific names, while the original articles (Which I started/created) used comma. Figaro's reasons: “the scientific name should be in brackets” (which I totally disagree) and “as is uniform with other Wikipedia fauna pages” (seen on Superb Lyrebird article). I reverted back for disagree with them. My view is that bracket used in already italicized scientific name is useless. But they were reverted it again.

Two days ago, I “SHOUT” to Figaro, asking to point me out his self-justified edits/beliefs. It seems he can’t answer since after that he asked UtherSRG to give me explanations. Both gave me NO EXPLANATION whatsoever, but they keep changed it. UtherSRG then message me as seen above. He wants (or is it an order ?) me to LEAVE THE SCIENTIFIC NAME IN THE PARENTHESIS as he likes, oh yeah … “NICELY”. He also wants me to start discussion (which already there in WP:BIRD TALK). Why didn’t he as “ADMIN”, WPBIRD member and the PROBLEM started it.

Yesterday, Figaro started editing brackets in some articles created by me, again. Until I reverted, with note: “not discussed yet - back to original version”. Then UtherSRG reverted it back. He viewed this reverted back as "HARRASSMENT", eventhough he did it himself (“HARRASSED” hundreds of articles, btw). Then he blocked me for one day, with more warning (not to change his edits basically). After he blocked me, he changed the article again to what he likes ! SHOCKING !!

I e-mail Wikipedia, and some member leave him a message. (Next paragraph taken from UtherSRG talk page):
Standardised opening line for BIRD articles

Pardon my uninvited intervention on the matter of parentheses in the opening line of BIRD articles. As far as I can tell, there is absolutely no consensus on the matter. It is not mentioned anywhere on WP:BIRD. It has been discussed on the WP:BIRD talk page but, as you can readily see, there was no consensus achieved there, either. The simplest summary of that discussion would be "either way is fine." Interestingly, as well, if you look at the three examples given in the table at WP:BIRD#Bird names and article titles, they all use commas to set off the binomial in the first sentence. From a descriptivist perspective, in the primary and secondary literature, binomial names as parenthetical interlocutions offset by commas are every bit as common as are those surrounded by parentheses. Now, none of this is intended to justify any revert warring that may be going on. Recognition of the fact that both styles are correct, however, might be able to defuse any heightened feelings on the matter without having to resort to actions as severe as user blocks, no? Again, if there is something I have missed, please point it out and thanks for your patience with me. Cheers! — Dave (Talk | contribs) 13:53, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

After an hour, he answered him with the lame excuse about civility to cover his power-abused and justified his wrongdoing.

Which is why I want User:Stavenn to enjoin the conversation there and not try to shout down those who disagree with him. I blocked him as much for his lack of civility as for his edit warring. - UtherSRG (talk) 14:58, 16 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If its because of civility, why he changed the articles back after he blocked me to his preference style of writing ? What makes he thinks he is right and other is wrong ? eventhough he never contributed to the articles before. FYI, all the articles these 2 edits are all started/created by me and I'm trying to protected articles I started from Vandalism (thats what I view those 2 did).

The civility problem is mentioned two days ago and warning is given. Yesterday, I didn’t see any “harassment” in my edits! Still, he blocked me so he can edits whatever he wants FREELY. TOTALLY DISGUSTING ! What about not to blocked those who disagree with you ! Hypocrisy ?

Interesting note: They both put their name as a members of WP:BIRD, but none of them seem to read or knew the contents. Until, someone has to show it to them about the discussion.

Hopefully, I don't have to meet or deal with these kind of people in the future. Especially that kind of administrator (super annoying, not a problem solver, dictactor-like and not neutral) ! --Stavenn 01:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Please consider discussing here at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Birds#Opening_sentences. Shyamal 02:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You may like to check on comma usage here [4], especially the bit on non-essential elements. The examples shown by UtherSRG are indeed grammatically correct. It may help to step back and look at this a little more dispassionately. Cheers. Shyamal 12:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hey!

Just a greeting, from one ethnically Chinese Wikipedian to another. I'm Corvus coronoides. How are you? Cheers, Corvus coronoides 16:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'm good. May I ask how you chose your name? Cheers, Corvus coronoides 14:47, 19 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

CfD nomination of Category:Fauna of Timor-Leste

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Meaning

I'm translating this version into its Vietnamese one. But I don't have a very clear understanding, this phrase: members of ... are monogamous and sexually monomorphic (in article Manucodia). Sexually monomorphic: means they have a simple and clear sex???, not bisex.

Thanks for helping me so far. Regards. Es.ntp (talk) 09:25, 21 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Coatis

Hi, great photos! But I presume the "mountain coati" was photographed in a US zoo, probably Central Park. Unfortunately, they are not real mountain coatis, but actually South American. For more on that, please see this and this. The first link has long explanation and photos of some real mountain coatis (since then Central Park also removed their listing of mountain coati from ISIS [5], but other much smaller zoos either haven't realized, don't care or haven't had the time to update their listings). I have requested a rename of your file on commons but if you can think of a better new name, you should of course feel entirely free to change it. Regards, RN1970 (talk) 08:34, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, thank you for your message. And yes, you are right - the photo is taken in Central Park Zoo. I also checked ISIS website, the coati is not listed at Central Park Zoo anymore, only at three other US zoos. Regarding the photo, you can change the name or deleted it since the photo will not be used. Thanks & regards --Stavenn (talk) 11:58, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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