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Buzzard + Eagle - Turkey (1 Viewer)

Bananafishbones

Bananafishbones

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My call is Long Legged Buzzard and Short Toed Eagle both taken in the southern mountains of Turkey.

Eagle over over over exposed just to get a hint of feather detail ;)

Cheers
Dave
 

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Shouldn't LLB have dark, round carpal patches rather than the crescents on this bird?

Out of interest are you looking at the latest collins? The old one doesn't cover steppe buzzard in any detail unlike the new one.
 
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IMO the buzzard is unequivocally a juvenile Common Buzzard. It has very dark lesser underwing coverts, with a very contrasting pale bar formed by the median (and the bases of the greater) underwing coverts, which rules out Long-legged Buzzard. You'll find this feature mentioned also in the new Collins guide ("pale mid-wing band typical in all ages" is mentioned for CB). A Long-legged Buzzard would usually also have darker carpals and a pale head and forebody, contrasting with a dark belly.
 
Don't give up yet, Dave. First 3 replies in a thread of mine was Garden Warbler; next 6 were Reed Warbler|=)|
 
CAU said:
IMO the buzzard is unequivocally a juvenile Common Buzzard. It has very dark lesser underwing coverts, with a very contrasting pale bar formed by the median (and the bases of the greater) underwing coverts, which rules out Long-legged Buzzard. You'll find this feature mentioned also in the new Collins guide ("pale mid-wing band typical in all ages" is mentioned for CB). A Long-legged Buzzard would usually also have darker carpals and a pale head and forebody, contrasting with a dark belly.
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Thanks for this. I was not saying it was not a Common Buzzard, just trying to get people who had replied to explain why it was. Something that everyone should do when it is anything more than a trivial ID.

Steve
 
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