Eagle ID - Zimbabwe (1 Viewer)

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DeanT

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #1

Hi guys.... Sorry about the poor photo but can any of the raptor experts help me ID this bird ??

 

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DeanT

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #2

Seen in Central Zimbabwe on 10 Oct 2015

 

Andrew Whitehouse

Professor of Listening

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #3

Steppe Buzzard, I think.

 

Jon Turner

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #4

Andrew Whitehouse said:

Steppe Buzzard, I think.

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I think so too.

 

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DeanT

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #5

I am very happy if this is the case!!

 

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DeanT

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• Oct 11, 2015

• #6

only other photo

 

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Andy Adcock

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #7

No one actually splits it from Common Buzzard yet do they, not sure there's a move that way either?

Andy

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #8

andyadcock said:

No one actually splits it from Common Buzzard yet do they, not sure there's a move that way either?

Andy

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No, Steppe Buzzards is considererd by everyone so far as a subspecies of Common Buzzard

 

Andy Hurley

Gotta love nature!

Opus Editor

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #9

AFAIK, it's a forms polytypic subspecies Buteo buteo vulpinus with B. b. menetriesi. (from Clement 2015).
. Avibase shows that Clements 1.0 treated it as a separate species in the past.

 

Andy Adcock

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #10

The Africans always call it Steppe though, rarely Common.......


Andy

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #11

andyadcock said:

The Africans always call it Steppe though, rarely Common.......


Andy

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that's why we have trinomial scientific name, seems logical to call all the migrating palearctic Buzzards in Africa Steppe Buzzard

 

Andy Adcock

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #12

Disappoints a lot of 'listers' though when they see it listed in SASOL (the most commonly used field guide) as Steppe Buteo vulpinus only to realise it's not a tick....not a full one anyway. SASOL does not indicate that it's simply a race.

Andy

 

tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 12, 2015

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andyadcock said:

Disappoints a lot of 'listers' though when they see it listed in SASOL (the most commonly used field guide) as Steppe Buteo vulpinus only to realise it's not a tick....not a full one anyway. SASOL does not indicate that it's simply a race.

Andy

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that's confusing indeed

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Oct 12, 2015

• #14

Who's going to steppe forward and get them to correct it?

 

Andy Adcock

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #15

Sounds like your up for it Nutty, we'll leave it to you.........:t::

 

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DeanT

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• Oct 12, 2015

• #16

To everyone above, I want to say thanks.

I have learnt alot and Steppe Buzzard it is.... But they are not common around here!

Tks