Ethiopia IDs, October 2017 (1 Viewer)

[Eli P]

Hey all, looking for ID help for some birds from a trek in the Simien Mountains in Ethiopia in October 2017.

Pics 1 - 3: Some large falcon
Pics 4 - 6: Steppe or Tawny Eagle?
Pic 7: Buzzard?
Pic 8: No idea

Thanks!

 

[Andy Adcock]

I'll have a punt at all the larger birds being Steppe Eagles, the smaller, Lanner?

The bird on the Cactus looks like a Starling sp?

 

[Butty]

Cactus

Giant lobelia

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Raptors : Tawny Eagles, Steppe Eagle (the individual flying with white bar on the underwing), Lanner.

 

[Eli P]

Raptors : Tawny Eagles, Steppe Eagle (the individual flying with white bar on the underwing), Lanner.

Great. Thank you
Can you let me know the ID marks for Lanner (rather than Peregrine, or even Saker)?

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Great. Thank you
Can you let me know the ID marks for Lanner (rather than Peregrine, or even Saker)?

Yes, Peregrine would have shorter tail and striped (juvenile) or barred (adult) on the breast, but never spotted.
Saker is even longer tailed and barred on the belly down to the legs area (while Lanner is almost plain on the vent).