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Raptor id please? Bangalore, India (1 Viewer)
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dwatsonbirder
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Looks like a falcon, but I wouldn't be willing to elaborate further than that!
Are you able to edit the image (contrast/lighting) at all?
Are you able to edit the image (contrast/lighting) at all?
Thanks very much, have attached another image where I have played with exposure etc. A juvenile Shaheen Falcon?
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Apologies - when I attach the edited image it seems to revert to original status on Bird Forum - don't know why. Will try again here:
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Thanks very much, have attached another image where I have played with exposure etc. A juvenile Shaheen Falcon?
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RafaelMatias
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It does get a bit blocky . . . that's jpeg compression artefacts for you. They're in the original too, but less visible because all the blocks are so dark :t:I see a falcon made of Lego on my screen o
Andy Adcock
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Ho are you racially ID'ing that Andy?
When I looked at the adjusted image on my screen, the underparts looked quite orange, so I said Shaheen straight away. It should be peregrinator here, I think. Calidus apparently reaches Sri Lanka but that's a pale form. Maybe I should have said Peregrine Falcon to avoid confusion.
Andy Adcock
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I've only ever seen one 'Shaheen', in Burma, attached.
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Seth Miller
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Shaheen in Myanmar is a pretty good find, right? At least here in Bangladesh they're considered pretty rare...
Andy Adcock
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Not really sure Seth tbh?
Range on Wiki ..........
'The Shaheen is found in South Asia from Pakistan across to India and Bangladesh in the east and to Sri Lanka, central and south-eastern China and northern Myanmar, India'
It was in Mandalay so I guess that's North, we were actually at a Temple and I was looking down at this bird from the temple walls.
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Seth Miller
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Looking at range maps now, looks like it's actually not too unexpected. Apparently there is just a slight gap in their range over Bangladesh... (at least according to Rasmussen and Anderton's Birds of South Asia: the Ripley Guide)
And going back I noticed that I reported a Shaheen from my apartment in Dhaka! Trying to figure out if it is legit, photos are unfortunately miserable, but do any of you all have thoughts on it? Seems to be fine for Shaheen to me, but definitely fairly unexpected if it can even be proven...
To me at least it shows a reddish belly which should make it Shaheen I think.
And going back I noticed that I reported a Shaheen from my apartment in Dhaka! Trying to figure out if it is legit, photos are unfortunately miserable, but do any of you all have thoughts on it? Seems to be fine for Shaheen to me, but definitely fairly unexpected if it can even be proven...
To me at least it shows a reddish belly which should make it Shaheen I think.
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Lack of natural cliff nesting sites, if they haven't started using buildings yet there? So if you do get them appearing now, they'd likely be urban.
Not a Hobby, deflnitely a Peregrine
