Bird of prey Cyprus (1 Viewer)

[paphos]

Any help to id this please,taken a few week ago in Cyprus...

 

[lou salomon]

It's an adult Bonelli's Eagle

 

[Bewick]

Bonellis eagle, pale underside, dark bar at the end of its tail. Pale inner primaries.

 

[paphos]

Thanks for the help guys,I had Bonellis in mind, but the more I looked at it ,the more I thought something else...thank god for bird forum!!

 

[Patudo]

!!! Don't birds like that attract more firepower from Cypriot shooters than a Russian cruise-missile flying over Kiev?

 

[Jos Stratford]

No

 

[Andy Adcock]

!!! Don't birds like that attract more firepower from Cypriot shooters than a Russian cruise-missile flying over Kiev?

Fortunately, raptors are usually too high for a shotgun to be effective.