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This should be a fairly straightforward one.
Colouration, size, shape… there’s certainly enough here to narrow it down to family, but the actual species might take a little more work.
Look closer…
The ID will be announced in tomorrow’s TWIP, as per usual…
Good luck!
James had hardly touched a camera when he came to Londolozi, but his writing skills that complemented his Honours degree in Zoology meant that he was quickly snapped up by the Londolozi blog team. An environment rich in photographers helped him develop the ...
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Is it a juvenile bateleur eagle?
Maybe a snake eagle?
Wahlbergs Eagle?
It’s definitely an juvi eagle.
Hello James!
I think it is a Buzzard, more exactly Common Steppe Buzzard.
It’s a beauty that’s for sure!
It’s got Booties, so it’s an Eagle. Primarie lighter than secondaries – going to Guess Lesser Spotted Eagle although it might be out of range
Second choice: brown snake eagle ???
I’m guessing a brown snake eagle?
Beautiful
Yellow Billed Kite
James, is it a Juvenile Bateleur Eagle?
Brown snake Eagle
Whalberg’s Eagle …
Not shaggy enough for tawny. Bateleur and Snake Eagles have unfeathered legs. Perhaps leggings not quite tight enough for Lesser spotted eagles.
Lesser Spotted Eagle
I think it’s a tawny eagle, but my 2nd guess would be the juvenile Bateleur,
Yellow-billed kite?
For those of us in lockdown, “What Bird Is This?” is a good game …
Lekker to have another bird ID challenge while we are in self isolation!
With the presence of feathers all the way down the legs to the talons, the snake-eagles can be ruled out. These leg feathers are also not ‘baggy’ and are tight fitting ruling out a Tawny Eagle and the Steppe Eagle. This leaves the Wahlberg’s Eagle and the Lesser Spotted Eagle which can be difficult to distinguish from each other. I’d say that it is a Lesser Spotted Eagle. There does not seem to be a crest and the bird looks more heavy set than slim although this is difficult to judge from a photo.
Juvenile Bateleur?