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Confirming male & female of Wallace's Hawk-Eagle, Borneo (1 Viewer)

dixonlau

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Malaysia
Location: Lowland forest, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
Date: December 2022

In reference to my older post of Wallace's Hawk-Eagle pair (Male & Female Wallace's Hawk-Eagle? Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo), I have found new pair at different location with almost fledging chick.

I would like to confirm if I got it right which is Female and which is Male. Also I would like to check and confirming if the darker chest stripes with darker facial is male as I observed in previous pair. One method to tell is by its size (female larger) as mentioned in older post ID by @James Eaton .

Older Post (for comparison here). As because only female incubating the eggs (if I got this right), therefore, the Bird #1 confirmed is female as I saw it incubating in the nest. Here can see the darker chest stripes on male (bird #2) with also darker facial.

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This is the new pair at different location. Taken during roosting time (on nesting tree). Judging by the size, it looks like Left bird is larger in some shots but I may got it wrong due to inexperience or angle effect or fluff up features. In some shots, they looks quite similar size though. There are 2 differences I've noticed, Left Bird; (1) has darker chest stripes and darker facial, (2) the stripes on its legs are more contrasty.

Wonder if I may got the sizes wrong, which making the Left bird as male instead?


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Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks, have a wonderful New Year.
 
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