India Raptor ID-2 ... ? (1 Viewer)

[aloktewari]

Provisional ID : Tawny Eagle

Location : Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, India.

Date : 07.03.2019

 

[Jean FRANCOIS]

Hello,
Steppe Eagle for me.
Friendly.

 

[Andy Hurley]

I might be completely off here, but hasn't the first photo a double "comma" on the wing? How likely is L.S.E. in that part of the world?

 

[tconzemi]

it’s a Spotted Eagle indeed, either Indian or Greater which is an even more difficult pair than GSE and LSE
adult GSE woul be my guess

 

[Andy Adcock]

I might be completely off here, but hasn't the first photo a double "comma" on the wing? How likely is L.S.E. in that part of the world?

Double comma is Greater isn't it and that's what I thought?

I think LSE is now Indian Spotted down there?

 

[MJB]

it’s a Spotted Eagle indeed, either Indian or Greater which is an even more difficult pair than GSE and LSE
adult GSE woul be my guess

Keoladeo is within the current distribution of sedentary C. hastata and the winter distribution of C. clanga....!
MJB

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

With such a huge gape, it looks like a perfect Indian Spotted Eagle.

 

[aloktewari]

Thank you all ...
I'll take it as Indian spotted Eagle ... as two out of three present at site thought it to be Indian Spotted ... that clearly visible double comma and a large gape, indeed, will work as good points in favor ...
Thanks again and best regards.
Alok.

 

[Andy Hurley]

Double comma is Greater isn't it and that's what I thought?

I think LSE is now Indian Spotted down there?

Cheers Andy. For some reason I have great difficulty with eagles generally

 

[Andy Adcock]

Cheers Andy. For some reason I have great difficulty with eagles generally

Don't we all!!!!

 

[aloktewari]

Kudos to all ...
Alok.