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Milvus migrans ssp.? (1 Viewer)

osprey0311

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Hello!
Help please with identification.
Could it be ssp. lineatus?
Ukraine, May
 

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not to me: lineatus should have white belly (dark brown here) and whitish feet (almost invisible but a toe looks yellowish), according to Dick Forsman lineatus in Middle East not reliably identifiable due to huege hybrid zone
 
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