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Botswana 01: Raptors (1 Viewer)

NoNara

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We went to Botswana for eight days over the New Year - Tau Pan, Kwara Camp on the east of the Okavango, and Lagoon Camp on the Kwando River. (The location of the photo is in the title of the photo, assuming BF keeps the titles.)

I've sorted and edited my photos, but as always there are a few left over for which I would be grateful for help.

I'm not very good with raptors, so if you can help with these IDs, please do.

1, 2, 3, 4: are these Lesser Kestrels, as our guide said (he didn't have a good view)? The perched bird appears to have a spotted back and I wondered if it might be Rock Kestrel. The second, darker bird we assumed to be the partner of the first, but maybe it is something else? (I have no photo of the darker bird which shows the head and face clearly.)

And is the bird in picture 5 a Greater Kestrel?
 

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Is the bird in the first two pictures Eurasian (Northern) Hobby?

What is the bird in photos 8 and 9: juvenile Brown or Black-chested Snake Eagle, or something else?

Is photo 10 Wahlberg's?
 

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Is photo 11 Steppe Buzzard?

Is photo 12 juvenile Pale Chanting or Gabar Goshawk or something else?

Is the bird in photo 13 Brown Snake Eagle (this ID of a poor photo is obviously just for record purposes)
 

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And are the birds in this post all Lesser Spotted Eagle?

First two: same bird
Second two: same bird
Last one: only one photo of this bird.

Thanks for your help.
 

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Is photo 11 Steppe Buzzard?

Is photo 12 juvenile Pale Chanting or Gabar Goshawk or something else?

Is the bird in photo 13 Brown Snake Eagle (this ID of a poor photo is obviously just for record purposes)

1. long tail = Accipiter, yellow cere inconspicious gular stripe: Juv Shikra
2. juv Greater Kestrel
3. yes
 
1, 2, 3, 4: are these Lesser Kestrels, as our guide said (he didn't have a good view)? The perched bird appears to have a spotted back and I wondered if it might be Rock Kestrel. The second, darker bird we assumed to be the partner of the first, but maybe it is something else? (I have no photo of the darker bird which shows the head and face clearly.)

And is the bird in picture 5 a Greater Kestrel?

3, 4 and 5 are Greater Kestrels imo, 5 for sure, the darker one might be Greater in shadow or Something else
1 must be Lesser with unmarked greater coverts but strange dark markings otherwise
2 might be Rock or Lesser?
 
Thanks very much Tom. You strongly confirmed my comment in the first post that 'I'm not very good with raptors'. Also after sorting and editing 2,000 photos, my brain ran out of steam.

I'm very grateful, and I'll look at the photos and IDs and try and learn.
 
3, 4 and 5 are Greater Kestrels imo, 5 for sure, the darker one might be Greater in shadow or Something else
1 must be Lesser with unmarked greater coverts but strange dark markings otherwise
2 might be Rock or Lesser?

I wasn't clear, sorry: 2 and 3 and the dark bird in 4 are the same individual. I assume (since it was in the same spot and only a minute later) that the smaller lighter bird in 4 is the same as the perched bird in 1. So, I'll put the smaller down as Lesser, and the dark bird as Greater.

Thanks again.
 
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