Buzzards from Nepal (1 Viewer)

[rdcny]

I've been photographing raptors on migration in Nepal for the past three autumns (mostly late October through early December). Can someone put a name on these buzzards (Buteos) I will link to? I have done my best in attempting to name them...but would appreciate any advice..they include what I think are Upland Buzzard; Long-legged Buzzard; Himalayan Buzzard and Common Buzzard (and I will include one from Thailand as well - Japanese Buzzard, also a migrant):

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616253
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616252

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616228

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616231

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14699757
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14699756

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616230
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17616229

and from Thailand, Japanese Buzzard (migrant):
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17554021

double-clicking on the photos will enlarge each considerably. They are grouped by individual - that is if a pair of photos is single-spaced, it represents two images of the same bird.

Thanks!

Robert DeCandido PhD

 

[rdcny]

My post follows on the heels of this fine discussion thread about Asian Buzzards here at BirdForum:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=132483

 

[rdcny]

For more information about raptor migration in Nepal, see the 2012 final report:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvwl7djbwkic8vt/2012.FinalReport.Nepal.pdf

Tulsi Subedi of Kathmandu is the wonderful director of the project there in the Annapurna Mountains.

and for more information about raptor migration in Thailand, see the 2012 report for that research project as well: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8urns9xj4capwgb/KhaoDinsor.2012.DeCandido.pdf

 

[rdcny]

Here is the 2013 final report on raptor migration in Nepal:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/dhplcklnou4rova/2013.FinalReport.Nepal4.pdf

 

[tconzemi]

Dear Robert
two things I would like to say
1. great pictures! :t:
2. Buteos are difficult even in Western Palearctic with good guides, more so in Africa and it is simply a terrible mess in Central Asia with no good ID overview on all taxa present (and you got almost the whole bag)
so do not expect too many replies :-C

 

[Southern Frogmouth]

This might help http://www.caluta.liitin.net/Caluta/caluta4.html

cheers

Roy