Falcon ID from UAE, 07.05.2015. (1 Viewer)

peterarras

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• May 7, 2015

• #1

Hi all,
who can help me with this Falcon?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Cheers
Peter.

 

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KGS

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• May 7, 2015

• #2

Sooty Falcon

 

tconzemi

Tom

Supporter

• May 7, 2015

• #3

KGS said:

Sooty Falcon

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agree, very long arm and hand

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• May 7, 2015

• #4

Nice one!

 

peterarras

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• May 7, 2015

• #5

Thanks a lot guys,
what is with Red-footed Falcon?
Cheers
Peter.

 

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tconzemi

Tom

Supporter

• May 7, 2015

• #6

Red-footed has shorter arm, shorter hand and shorter tail

 

peterarras

Well-known member

• May 7, 2015

• #7

Sorry, can you rule out Red-footed Falcon?

 

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BirdingRob

Brit abroad

• May 7, 2015

• #8

I must admit the shape doesn't look much different to the Amur falcon (a.ka. eastern red-footed falcon) I have seen this week (4 of them) as they pass through. However if that fairly uniform grey is true, I cant see any Amur of any age matching it. They dont just have (orange) red feet, the bottom 20% of the undercarriage is orange-red in a male and buff-orange in a female.

So I also think if its sooty falcon. Rob

 

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andyb39

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• May 7, 2015

• #9

I agree that structurally this bird looks good for Sooty, but the issue is that it appears to have red feet. One member of our forum here in the UAE thought it might be a Red-footed, an extreme rarity here. I agree it's definitely not an Amur.

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• May 7, 2015

• #10

Don't let the colours, typically difficult to judge, especially through optic, camera sensor, computer screen and your eyes, disturb too much. Yellow feets appearing red is a common artefact.

 

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andyb39

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• May 8, 2015

• #11

That's what we'd decided on our forum but then Peter said he'd seen red legs on the bird with binoculars. Mark Smiles on our forum pointed out though that the pale head and bright yellow cere also point to Sooty. Probably the best person to judge is Peter himself, who saw the bird in the field.

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• May 8, 2015

• #12

Seems Sooty Falcon is confirmed here too...

http://www.uaebirding.com/forum/showthread.php?7795-Sooty-Falcon-Near-Green-Mubazzarah-07-05-2015

 

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andyb39

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• May 8, 2015

• #13

Yes, mystery solved, it seems.