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rollingthunder · Oct 29, 2019

Having commented on a dozen posts this morning (i missed yesterday) i came across this alarming incident.....for the bird:C

Below is the RT video link plus a coupla screengrabs at 00:14 - i initially thought a raptor but up close and personal it looks like a large wader. I thought Stone Curlew on wing pattern #1 then a Vanellus on #2 - thoughts from you lot...

https://www.rt.com/russia/472088-bird-hits-cockpit-video/

Laurie:t:

lou salomon · Oct 29, 2019

stone curlew would be my guess.

rollingthunder · Oct 29, 2019

For me too Lou and i knew the first to respond would be you Lou it had to be you:t:

Laurie -

comicterns · Oct 29, 2019

It's surely a Buteo. I have watched the vid numerous times and can't see past that.

PYRTLE · Oct 29, 2019

Bird of Prey for me.

Andy Adcock · Oct 29, 2019

PYRTLE said:
Bird of Prey for me.

And me.

Kratter · Oct 29, 2019

Raptors have short toes, thick short legs that are feathered to the end of the tibiatarsus ( or even more distally to the tarsometatarsus in some). This bird has long toes and long skinny legs and the distal end of the tibiatarsus is unfeathered. Surely not a raptor.

Andy

RafaelMatias · Oct 29, 2019

Kratter said:
Raptors have short toes, thick short legs that are feathered to the end of the tibiatarsus ( or even more distally to the tarsometatarsus in some). This bird has long toes and long skinny legs and the distal end of the tibiatarsus is unfeathered. Surely not a raptor.

Andy

Yes. And plumage wise all fits Stone Curlew, which is the best answer.

Motmot · Oct 29, 2019

Hmmm..., it's hard to believe this is a high soaring stone-curlew and not a raptor...

Kratter · Oct 29, 2019

Motmot said:
Hmmm..., it's hard to believe this is a high soaring stone-curlew and not a raptor...

Look at the second close up video grab in the OP. What says it is soaring and not in powered flight?

PYRTLE · Oct 29, 2019

Kratter said:
Look at the second close up video grab in the OP. What says it is soaring and not in powered flight?

Have you watched the video? I've viewed it a couple of dozen times and frozen it just before impact.....probably a nano second after image 2. Remains a BOP rather than a wader for me. Would like to be able to capture and show that image.

dantheman · Oct 29, 2019

My first thought was Great Bustard ...

Andy Adcock · Oct 29, 2019

PYRTLE said:
Have you watched the video? I've viewed it a couple of dozen times and frozen it just before impact.....probably a nano second after image 2. Remains a BOP rather than a wader for me. Would like to be able to capture and show that image.

Underwing pattern does look like SC but it looks to have buffy underwing coverts?

Simon Wates · Oct 29, 2019

I'm wondering if the long legs on Laurie's 2nd screengrab are actually legs - they look quite unnatural, as if maybe part of the aircraft.

Simon Wates · Oct 29, 2019

dantheman said:
My first thought was Great Bustard ...

Now you mention it, could it be?

May I add, again referring to the 2nd screengrab that surely if it was Stone Curlew there would be a lot more black visible on the upper hand (right wing), not just on the "fingers".

RafaelMatias · Oct 29, 2019

Yeah, having downloaded the video and seen it frame by frame I agree this is no Stone Curlew. Wing shape is always rounded with visible fingers and plumage wise (colour pattern) it's definitely not a match (I take back what I wrote above). There's a pale flash on the primaries bases (about to half their length) which does not continue to the secondary coverts which is not a match for Great Bustard either. The leg-like structures visible on the 2nd vid-grab above are actually legs, but they don't look so long on the bird when it's further away from the plane and the apparent length is possibly an optical illusion due to distortion (due to the proximity to the lens, I'd guess a fish-eye like kind of lens). Could be a raptor, but I'm not making any bets anymore

Simon Wates · Oct 29, 2019

RafaelMatias said:
The leg-like structures visible on the 2nd vid-grab above are actually legs, but they don't look so long on the bird when it's further away from the plane and the apparent length is possibly an optical illusion due to distortion (due to the proximity to the lens, I'd guess a fish-eye like kind of lens).

I'd thought about distortion, also maybe due to speed; not enough fps.

Nutcracker · Oct 29, 2019

dantheman said:
My first thought was Great Bustard ...

Simon Wates said:
Now you mention it, could it be?

Wing pattern (fairly small white patch with extensive black around it might fit Houbara Bustard better?

I'd think a Great Bustard would take the plane out too, no survivors nor video?

Where did this happen? Can't see anything on the RT link.

dantheman · Oct 29, 2019

I was wondering where too - somewhere in Russia? (Asian Russia or beyond even ... )?? And other bustard species ... (or even bird species ... )

Waxwings · Oct 29, 2019

I think it's Grey-headed Lapwing.

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