You sure? Looks like an osprey to me.It isn't an Osprey: Are you able to attach a full sized image?
Quite certain - plumage, jizz and number of visible primaries are all wrong for Osprey. I suspect it is Oriental HB but difficult with such a small image.You sure? Looks like an osprey to me.
Still believe is closer to osprey from image- do agree about primaries but everything else seems osprey. I also believe the primaries might be due to how itβs flying.Quite certain - plumage, jizz and number of visible primaries are all wrong for Osprey. I suspect it is Oriental HB but difficult with such a small image.
How familiar are you with raptors in SE Asia? I'm happy to be proved incorrect when a better image appears, but it is clearly not an Osprey.Still believe is closer to osprey from image- do agree about primaries but everything else seems osprey. I also believe the primaries might be due to how itβs flying.
To be honest not 100% but I donβt think the image is enough to rule out osprey- pretty good on the oriental honey buzzard though. Iβm not stating itβs not a OHB just donβt think that this picture looks like a OHB.How familiar are you with raptors in SE Asia? I'm happy to be proved incorrect when a better image appears, but it is clearly not an Osprey.
I think you are right Tom, I seem to remember seeing Changeable in Khao Yai.I do not know anything about raptors from Thailand, but this juvenile bird moulting inner primaries has a bit too many fingers for OHB, look at the Hawk-eagles imho (but again no Asian field experience)
Larry, I think you've nailed it! Yes they do occur in Khao Yai. See here for a similar looking bird: ML121127871 Rufous-bellied Eagle Macaulay LibraryDoes Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle occur at Khao Yai? My initial thought was a juv one of those
And I think head and bill shape is wrong for OHB.Does Rufous-bellied Hawk-Eagle occur at Khao Yai? My initial thought was a juv one of those
In all of the photos you have posted here (#9) the bird is about 5% of the pixels and sky is about 95%. So if we look at your photos we have to pay (our ISP) to download all your blue sky pixels. So, for the future, may I request that you cut/crop the bird from the photo and just post the bird! Even if they are your friend's photos, you can do this after you have got them from her. The reason your photos do not appear as thumbnails but as blue image / attachment files is because they are above the BirdForum size limit.Thanks for all the comments. I agree jizz just looks wrong for Osprey, even though the head could be imagined into one π
I suddenly recalled that WhatsApp reduces picture quality, so asked my friend to email the photo to me. And she also sent me a few 'worse' photos of the same bird. Having looked at them, I'd go with OHB, but welcome people's thoughts
No, it doesn't, e.g. plumage-patterns of upperwing-coverts, tail, head.I think the first looks just like the OP's photo