Bird ID needed - Kenya (1 Viewer)

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GMS

Well-known member

• Mar 18, 2006

• #1

Having had a great holiday in Kenia (seeing loads of birds) I need ID or confirmation on a few of them. It would be great if someone could help out.

1.) Wahlberg's Eagle
2.) Grey-headed Kingfisher (female/juv.) but can't rule out Brown-hooded
3.) Eurasian Roller, but some pictures of Abyssinian Roller look quite similar
4.) Tawny Eagle
5.) African White -backed Vulture (juv.)/ Rueppell's Griffon vulture (juv.)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Xenospiza

Distracted

• Mar 18, 2006

• #2

2,3: right
5: looks most like Rüppell's (wings don't look "tapered" towards the tips).
I'll leave the eagles to someone else please...

 

Hanno

Ho Ho Ho

• Mar 18, 2006

• #3

1. I don't see the small crest, could it be a Tawny Eagle?

 

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GMS

Well-known member

• Mar 19, 2006

• #4

Hi Hanno and Xenospiza,

thanks your replies.

Hanno said:

1. I don't see the small crest, could it be a Tawny Eagle?

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Size seemed to be more like a Black Kite (much smaller than many of the Tawny Eagles we've seen) but I'm obviously happy to be corrected. I've attached another pic (heavily cropped) of the same bird. Maybe this helps ?!

 

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Chaiyan

Well-known member

• Mar 19, 2006

• #5

1. dark-morphed booted eagle is also possible. its jizz seems wrong for aquila.

 

markpie

Well-known member

• Mar 19, 2006

• #6

Hi,

I'm not sure about no.2. Just that there's no chesnut on it's belly, and a juvenile Grey-headed would have a dark bill, so Brown-hooded seems a bit more likely on appearance. Depends on if you were in the range that your bird guide suggests.

Mark

 

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GMS

Well-known member

• Mar 21, 2006

• #7

mini-colster said:

Hi,

I'm not sure about no.2. Just that there's no chesnut on it's belly, and a juvenile Grey-headed would have a dark bill, so Brown-hooded seems a bit more likely on appearance. Depends on if you were in the range that your bird guide suggests.

Mark

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Either species could occur in the area (Tsavo NP). I think Brown-hooded should show a darker head and there's no obvious streaking on the flanks. According to the birdbook juv. (Grey-headed) can have a red bill.

 

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David Swanepoel

Active member

• Mar 22, 2006

• #8

That Kingfisher is definately a Grey-headed

 

Trevor Hardaker

Well-known member

• Mar 22, 2006

• #9

Hi there,

1. I would say that this is a Wahlberg's Eagle. The photo is taken from an odd angle and one cannot really see all the features, but if this were a dark phased Booted, I would expect to see the "landing lights" with the way that the bird is holding its right wing. I also think the tail is too long and narrow for a Booted Eagle.

2. Juvenile Grey-hooded Kingfisher of the race hyacinthina. The blue on the wings and tail is a different colour to the normal royal blue one finds on all the other races. A female would still show some chestnut albeit a little paler on the belly.

3. Eurasian Roller

4. Difficult to get all the features from this photo, but that gapes does seem exceptionally long, so I would suggest that this might be a Steppe Eagle.

5. Would agree that this is a Ruppell's based on wing shape.

Regards
Trevor

 

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mike davidson

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• Mar 23, 2006

• #10

agree 2/3 .

1/4/5/ much more difficult , but will get the experts here in Kneya to pontificate in next 2/3 weeks .


Mike Davidosn in Nairobi