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Zimbabwe Oct 2015 Lake Kariba (1 Viewer)
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foresttwitcher
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Wait for more knowledgeable input but does the dark eye not point to a Chanting Goshawk.
I'm inclined towards Dark Chanting Goshawk.
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Andy Adcock
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It's not Gabar anyway.
Andy
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Bryon Wright
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african hawk
Andy,
why are you refuting this as Gabar? Are you thinking of the higher elevation dimorphic gabar?
Andy,
why are you refuting this as Gabar? Are you thinking of the higher elevation dimorphic gabar?
Andy Adcock
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Bryon,
I think even from this angle, you'd see the very obvious white edging to the secondary coverts, very noticeable in the field.
Legs don't seem to be red enough and a bit too long?
The white line I refer to is seen in the attachment as can the deeper red legs.
Andy
I think even from this angle, you'd see the very obvious white edging to the secondary coverts, very noticeable in the field.
Legs don't seem to be red enough and a bit too long?
The white line I refer to is seen in the attachment as can the deeper red legs.
Andy
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Pale Chanting Goshawk to me.
The upper chest and throat is pale grey and the eyes are red in adults, though they may appear black, see my bird photographed in Namibia, at first look the eyes are black, but zooming in they are red.
Also Gabar has diagnostic white tips to secondaries as seen in Andy Adcock's post
The upper chest and throat is pale grey and the eyes are red in adults, though they may appear black, see my bird photographed in Namibia, at first look the eyes are black, but zooming in they are red.
Also Gabar has diagnostic white tips to secondaries as seen in Andy Adcock's post
