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Eagle ID needed (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter ehsankiani
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Jefferson Shank
Well-known member
It looks like a Golden Eagle, maybe an immature?
I agree
The silhouette is much better for Imperial, specially the trailing edge of the wing, which is straight and lacks the typical Golden "pinched in" shape where it meets the body (also valid for Spanish Imperial vs Golden)
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Gleb Berloff
Guest
Yes, definitely an Imperial Eagle. If you look at the first image, you see the top of its head. Golden eagles do not have such a bright nape.
This is definitely darker than any golden eagle I have seen, and the tail is in fact too short for an imperial eagle.
Lovely images, by the way
This is definitely darker than any golden eagle I have seen, and the tail is in fact too short for an imperial eagle.
Lovely images, by the way
You seem to contradict yourself here! You say it's definitely an Imperial Eagle (which I agree) but finish saying the tail is too short for that species?
typo I guess
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Gleb Berloff
Guest
Not again! I meant golden eagle, and that is what I thought I had written but I guess I looked at the photograph and it got mixed up in my head. I meant too short for golden eagle, and too dark for it...
I didn't realise what I had actually written until now...
ehsankiani
Member
. This was shot a few minutes after the above. Different individual. Also an imperial??
lou salomon
the birdonist
yes, by the looks of it.
