Raptor ID - Zimbabwe (1 Viewer)

[DeanT]

This may be impossible .... but does anyone have a guess from these photos?


Please try for me... coz I dunno.

 

[DeanT]

These are different birds and slightly better photos.... but again I am confusing myself looking at drawings in my book.

 

[tconzemi]

African Hawk-eagle
Southern Banded Snake-eagle
Buteo where and when?

 

[DeanT]

African Hawk-eagle Yesterday
Southern Banded Snake-eagle Yesterday
Buteo where and when? Feburary

 

[tconzemi]

OK sounds logical as it looks like a Common Buzzard aka Steppe Buzzard

 

[rollingthunder]

Not a local juvenile Augur Buzzard?

Laurie -

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Not a local juvenile Augur Buzzard?

Laurie -

No, it is an adult CB ; look and broad black line on irregular (moulted) training edge...

 

[rollingthunder]

I just threw it in to elicit a response from those more knowledgeable - i haven’t seen an Augur Buzzard since Kenya 40+ years ago:eek!:

Laurie -