RecoveringScot
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Photographed on Shetland:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158689399095626&set=gm.715093828670832&type=3&theater
Note the wholly unbarred-looking pinkish tail, with terminal band. Is this just a Eurasian Kestrel with a scarce plumage? Something about the proportions and bill size also looks not usual. And that hint of a whitish supercilium. But it might be the way the bird is sitting.
According to Forsman F. tinnunculus shows thinnish dark barring on tail as juv., but 1CY naumanni juvs. may show unbarred rufous-grey tail with terminal band.
Nearly all the photos I've looked at of Kestrel sp. juvs or females show obvious tail-barring, the only exception being male American Kestrel (which species crossed my mind briefly).
Or is it all just me getting fussed about nothing?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158689399095626&set=gm.715093828670832&type=3&theater
Note the wholly unbarred-looking pinkish tail, with terminal band. Is this just a Eurasian Kestrel with a scarce plumage? Something about the proportions and bill size also looks not usual. And that hint of a whitish supercilium. But it might be the way the bird is sitting.
According to Forsman F. tinnunculus shows thinnish dark barring on tail as juv., but 1CY naumanni juvs. may show unbarred rufous-grey tail with terminal band.
Nearly all the photos I've looked at of Kestrel sp. juvs or females show obvious tail-barring, the only exception being male American Kestrel (which species crossed my mind briefly).
Or is it all just me getting fussed about nothing?
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