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South Africa, Kruger, August (1 Viewer)
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Andy Adcock
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Sub adult Pale Chanting Goshawk I'd say?
Andy
Andy
Laruslister
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Yes, I'd go along with sub-adult Pale Chanting Goshawk..Gabar Goshawk young normally have a much paler chest with streaks at top and bars lower down , and African Goshawk is whiter still on the front plus it has yellow legs and grey cere (the bit that's red at the base of the bill on this bird) at all ages
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
don't think it occurs in Kruger
Andy Adcock
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Looking more closely, seems to lack the feathering at the top of the legs too, maybe it is Gabar?
Andy
Andy Adcock
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By worn juvenile I mean full juvenile plumage without moult but several months old, so leg colour turns to red already, immature is correct too.
I do not understand the problem of leg feathering Gabar and Dark-chanting have unfeathered tarsi and feathered tibia invisible here
In Gabar I would expect obvious white margin on secondaries even in worn juveniles. Size is a clue here, Gabar being much smaller (difficult here but easy in the field)
Edit: photo attached of a younger juvenile with red legs and visible tibia
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