Vulture ID, January, Tarifa (S Spain) (1 Viewer)

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fdokykcu

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• Jan 17, 2018

• #1

It seems to me that both individuals (photo 1&2 is one, photo 3 a different one) are no more than quite dark Griffons. Could any of them (especially photo 3) be a Rüppell's?

 

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RafaelMatias

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• Jan 17, 2018

• #2

All Griffons.

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Jan 17, 2018

• #3

the last one is an interesting bird, very dark with one single white line on coverts, obviously a Griffon as at least 3 moult waves in primaries make this an older bird, but what if you see this bird circling very high in the sky???

 

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fdokykcu

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• Jan 18, 2018

• #4

Thank you very much to both, also Tom to point out again the importance of checking age in these cases (although for me is difficult to see all that moults going on!)

 

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Tom

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• Jan 18, 2018

• #5

3 generations of primaries: the marked ones are the front of the wave (so much darker and newer than the next outer one)

 

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