Raptor near Debre Markos (Ethiopian Highland) (1 Viewer)

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alfred huber

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• Mar 17, 2020

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I found this Buzzard (i can`t think of anything else) near Debre Markos on the 25 of mai 17. My guess dark morph of European Honey Buzzard.

 

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Tom

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• Mar 17, 2020

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nostril says Buteo not Pernis, most probably juvenile Augur dark morph as Steppe should not be there in May but difficult with this image

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Mar 17, 2020

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No, for me it's a buzzard.
Common Buzzard i think, maybe vulpinus.
Jean

 

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alfred huber

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• Mar 17, 2020

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Jean FRANCOIS said:

No, for me it's a buzzard.
Common Buzzard i think, maybe vulpinus.
Jean

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There exists no record of Common Buzzard south of Egypt and I saw lots of vulpinus passing the area much earlier. But I think it could well be a dark morph of Augur if there exists a dark morph of this species. Just in the vicinity, I saw a pair of Adults.

 

Andy Adcock

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• Mar 17, 2020

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alfred huber said:

There exists no record of Common Buzzard south of Egypt and I saw lots of vulpinus passing the area much earlier. But I think it could well be a dark morph of Augur if there exists a dark morph of this species. Just in the vicinity, I saw a pair of Adults.

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vulpinus remains a race of Common Buzzard on most lists.

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Mar 17, 2020

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alfred huber said:

There exists no record of Common Buzzard south of Egypt and I saw lots of vulpinus passing the area much earlier. But I think it could well be a dark morph of Augur if there exists a dark morph of this species. Just in the vicinity, I saw a pair of Adults.

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A dark morph Augur Buzzard is blacker and has a reddish tail. The young Augur doesn't look like this bird.
The dark morph of Steppe Buzzard is common and looks quite like that.
Note in particular the pale iris.
Here's an example
Jean

 

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alfred huber

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• Mar 19, 2020

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Indeed this bird looks like the one from Debre Markos. Where did you take it? Season? I could not find a similar pic in the net nor in a book.

 

Jean FRANCOIS

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• Mar 19, 2020

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alfred huber said:

Indeed this bird looks like the one from Debre Markos. Where did you take it? Season? I could not find a similar pic in the net nor in a book.

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I found the photo in the Macaulay Library collection
https://search.macaulaylibrary.org/
There are a lot of misidentifications, but there are still well-identified photos
Jean

 

njlarsen

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• Mar 19, 2020

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Below each photo is a line with a link called "Report" that can be used to report misidentified photos. The people running it have publicly said they appreciate people doing that.

Niels

 

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alfred huber

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• Mar 19, 2020

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Merci Jean Francois