Djibouti: Kestrel or other small raptor? (1 Viewer)

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tyfighter14

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• Sep 30, 2016

• #1

Howdy! Please take a look at the pictures. Common buzzard was right next to him, so seems to be a pretty small guy. Maybe a Lesser Kestrel?

 

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tconzemi

Tom

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• Sep 30, 2016

• #2

Sparrowhawk

 

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tyfighter14

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #3

Thank you!

 

Tib78

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #4

Levant sparrowhawk with that wing formula.

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #5

Tib78 said:

Levant sparrowhawk with that wing formula.

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looks somehow in between to me

 

Tib78

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #6

tconzemi said:

looks somehow in between to me

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Shikra then? To my eyes the wing formula looks fine for Levant but the images are perhaps boderline...

 

MJB

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #7

Tib78 said:

Shikra then? To my eyes the wing formula looks fine for Levant but the images are perhaps borderline...

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If Shikra, presumably ssp polyzonoides, then?
MJB

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #8

MJB said:

If Shikra, presumably ssp polyzonoides, then?
MJB

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Let's say it is one of the small Eurasian Accipiters

 

MJB

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #9

tconzemi said:

Let's say it is one of the small Eurasian Accipiters

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Happy with that, Tom, although polyzonoides is wholly African...:eek!:
MJB

 

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tyfighter14

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• Oct 1, 2016

• #10

Between the two I think Levant. For one, it was mixed in with a huge migratory group of different birds, and according to the guide the Levant Sparrowhawk is a migrant visitor while Shikra is resident. Also the location was next to the ocean. The wings don't show striping (granted the distance is pretty far).

Thanks for the help! I'm chalking this one up as a Levant Sparrowhawk.