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Buzzard ID?
That’s because it is a Black Kite Tom - I think you are quite right. The still photo at the beginning of the Himalayan B sequence is not the same bird. (Auto-suggestion? 😁) Note (which you probably already did), the distinctive pale tips to the upperwing coverts, long snouty face (which I...- Deb Burhinus
- Post #12
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Buzzard ID?
Perhaps this will get some attention/confirmation from someone with with more experience. I am sure I will be put to right if this is not a Steppe.- Deb Burhinus
- Post #8
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Buzzard ID?
This is rather fun (if you ignore the music) - Note, although seen briefly, the dark morph Himalayan has a face like a Long-legged Buzzard, snouty and a little eagle-like not really like our OP imo. The outer retrices, at least on the individual in the video, look strongly barred unlike the...- Deb Burhinus
- Post #7
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Buzzard ID?
LLB also can have finely barred outer retrices (which I think is all we can really see) - however, structurally as I said, it looks better for Steppe Buzzard. Himalayan I think, structure wise, lies somewhere between the two but is still quite a compact buteo and unfortunately the dark morph...- Deb Burhinus
- Post #5
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Buzzard ID?
Iris colour changes with age - LLB adults have a dark iris just like adult vulpinus. Upland Buzzard has feathered tarsi - at least to the extend I think we would see here. This strikes me as a having a comparatively short-winged/short-tailed/short-necked appearance more like a vulpinus...- Deb Burhinus
- Post #3
- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A