Id Help - Uttarakhand/India - 2 (1 Viewer)

[mihir]

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1) - photographed in Sattal
2) & 3) Himalayan Buzzard? (photographed in Sattal)
4) & 5) white-tailed Rubythroat? (photographed in Sattal)
6) & 7) Siberian Subythroat? (photographed in Sattal)

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

First is a rosefinch sp. on an Artemisia sp. plant... I am not sure which exactly , however

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

The raptors on photo 2 and 3 don´t look like buteo to me from shape and pattern - I am wondering if it could be a hawk eagle species, as it seems to me they have feathered tarsi ?

 

[Grahame Walbridge]

Was waiting to see if anyone else would have a punt but no takers. And so, they are...

1. Common Rosefinch
2 Adult Mountain Hawk Eagle;
3 Adult Mountain Hawk Eagle (upper); juvenile (lower)
4-5 Yes, Himalayan (White-tailed) Rubythroat
6-7 Yes, Female Siberian Rubythroat

Grahame