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Valéry Schollaert

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• Nov 4, 2018

• #1

Photo with permission of William Duvernoy, the photographer. I suggested Steppe Eagle, but cannot exclude Tawny with certainty.

Can someone advice ?

Tanzania, last week. Thanks. :gh:

 

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KenM

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• Nov 4, 2018

• #2

Valéry Schollaert said:

Photo with permission of William Duvernoy, the photographer. I suggested Steppe Eagle, but cannot exclude Tawny with certainty.

Can someone advice ?

Tanzania, last week. Thanks. :gh:

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Gape line (beyond eye) and bill structure bigger.....might suggest the former over the latter?

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Nov 4, 2018

• #3

KenM said:

Gape line (beyond eye) and bill structure bigger.....might suggest the former over the latter?

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I agree for gape, hence my ID. The very thick beak, in reverse, is better for Tawny AFAIK, but I'm not sure...

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Nov 6, 2018

• #4

No other taker ?

 

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THE_FERN

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• Nov 6, 2018

• #5

So far as I could tell from a quick web crawl, bill size is fairly variable in both although i agree it tends to be more massive in tawny. I think this is in the range of variation for steppe so give my vote to that.

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Nov 6, 2018

• #6

Thanks both