Rough-legged buzzard? - Northwest Turkey (1 Viewer)

[cduruk]

photos are of the same bird. there were long-legged and common buzzards in the area, this looked different. especially in flight, it was looking black and white. rough-legged buzzard, then? date today, december 10th, 2023. thanks in advance...

 

[tconzemi]

It does look Long-legged to me due to the reddish tones and rather large bill

 

[Butty]

rather large bill

I'd've thought the bill rather small. Hey ho 🤷🏻 Difficult to judge, of course, given the fuzzy pic (no offence).

 

[tconzemi]

I'd've thought the bill rather small. Hey ho 🤷🏻 Difficult to judge, of course, given the fuzzy pic (no offence).

It does not look eagle-like as in Long-legged, but not tiny as in Rough-legged. Difficult indeed

 

[smiths]

Rufous uppertail coverts and complete lack of any head pattern make this a fine Long-legged buzzard, I would think.

 

[cduruk]

thank you all, for the contributions. in this case, I won't enter this as a RLB to eBird. for the record; I think the probability of it being a RLB is higher, but you cannot always reflect what you see in the field to the photograph.

 

[petemorris]

As Smiths has said, this is a very pale Long-legged Buzzard. Rough-legged Buzzard would never show those buffy and rufescent tones.