157. Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus (Kleinsperwer)
Adult feeding on unidentified passerine.
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Identification hints:
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1. Streaking on throat.
2. Yellow cere.
3. Yellow eye & eye ring.
4. White spots on upperparts.
5. Tail spots.
6. Thin legs.
7. Red on flanks.
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Thanks Dewi - if I had this guidance it would have been so much easier to ID him from my birding books !
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If you see it again and are not sure what it is, have a look here
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Please can someone ID this little raptor for me.
The pics were taken at Croc Bridge.
I thought it might be a juv. lanner falcon, but lesser kestrel has also been suggested.
It was eating a bat.
The pics were taken at Croc Bridge.
I thought it might be a juv. lanner falcon, but lesser kestrel has also been suggested.
It was eating a bat.
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I think it may be a Juvenile Jackal Buzzard but not sure
Here it was sitting in the shade
Then it flew into a sunny spot
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I think it may be a Juvenile Jackal Buzzard but not sure
Here it was sitting in the shade
Then it flew into a sunny spot
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This at Skuks this weekend, sitting very still and low in dense foliage. Goshawk size:
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The eyes could just be mostly black because it was in dense shade?
The eyes could just be mostly black because it was in dense shade?
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Pics at dusk of a raptor at Chobe, Botswana at dusk I think maybe African Goshawk.Mike King
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