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Bird id pakistan (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Himalaya
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Lappkrabben
Well-known member
Looks like a crested serpent eagle to me
And to me, for that is what it is
Motmot
Eduardo Amengual
Good find! :t:
It is considered a vagrant in PK.
http://www.edu.iucnp.org/themeBprey/edugallery/pages/5creseted serpent eagle.htm
Lappkrabben
Well-known member
Could the species be overlooked in NE/E Pakistan? (Seems a bit odd to me the sp. being a vagrant to P. when it's a fairly common species in wooded areas in NW India.)
Maybe surveys of birds/raptors is not the most common "thing" in Pakistan and the information is not up to date? (Or it might just be me who has a prejudice opinon on Pakistan?)
Maybe surveys of birds/raptors is not the most common "thing" in Pakistan and the information is not up to date? (Or it might just be me who has a prejudice opinon on Pakistan?)
Dr Manjeet Singh
Dr.Manjeet Singh
Yes Lappkrabban agree with you the surveys are not up to date it is nothing to do with a prejudice opinon....one of my Doctor friend(from Pakistan) who i meet at a meeting at Singpore last year said the same and he said the surveys on Reptors wasnt up to date...he is a good birder....it is a Creasted Serpent Eagle..:t:
I have been lucky enough to see many raptors in Pakistan
1. ospreys in May and July
2. many large birds of prey which are unidentifiable
3. the best place to see raptors was the balochistan province
there does need to be more work done on birds there .....
I thought the above bird was an eagle as its brown - i was not sure what type of eagle though but someone suggested honeybuzzard - lloooking at the back feathers they looked honey buzzard-sh so i thought maybe
but the colour was somewhat different and even its tail looks smaller. nice to get a surprise id once in a while....
1. ospreys in May and July
2. many large birds of prey which are unidentifiable
3. the best place to see raptors was the balochistan province
there does need to be more work done on birds there .....
I thought the above bird was an eagle as its brown - i was not sure what type of eagle though but someone suggested honeybuzzard - lloooking at the back feathers they looked honey buzzard-sh so i thought maybe
but the colour was somewhat different and even its tail looks smaller. nice to get a surprise id once in a while....
there are some bird books on pakistan - and as far as i remember not many have mentionned this species. one released recently ie early this year by ZB Mirza does not mention it. im sure DR T J Roberts birds of pakistan does not mention it other than a vagrant. if the bird is common in Gujarat its possible that it did not cross over because of the desert. if it occurs in the indian punjab then i dont know why it would miss out the pakistani punjab although many species that are found within india....might only be found within the north-eastern parts of pakistan......especially a lot of the oriental species.....in places such ass the margalla hills national park, the muree hills, the kaghan valley and pakistani kashmir......rather than the indus plains.....
