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Sparrowhawk or Levant Sparrowhawk? - Romania (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Cristian Mihai
- Start date
StuartReeves
Local rarity
I've never seen Levant Sparrowhawk but I've seen thousands of Sparrowhawks. Looking at the thumbnails I was struck by how pointed the wings of these birds appear when compared to Sparrowhawk.
That was also remarked upon in a previous thread in this forum. One reason is that the number of free primaries (fingers) is supposed to be 4 while Eur Sparrowhawk has 5-6. In the previous thread it was remarked upon how similar the flight profile could be to common kestrel.
Niels
lou salomon
the birdonist
careful with moulting primaries at this time of year, niels, like seen in this adult female. but despite moult - even a moulting sparrowhawk with only 3 grown "fingers" has much blunter tipped wings when soaring. i actually have mistaken levant sparrowhawk for a falcon species when i didn't know it as well as i do now. nice shots, cristian.
Nicky Petkov
Active member
actually I'v always found the blakish tips of wings very telling first thing that was striking me in Levants...but true quite falcon looking as well
Cristian Mihai
Cristian Mihai
Thank you everybody for ID and comments. My first idea was also Levant, but...
