beijingbabbler
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Hi, I'm new on this forum and I'm wondering if anyone has an idea of what this bird could be. It was very small, I was up close to it about 5m away under the tree where it was hiding, it's pretty much the size of a common kestrel, if not smaller, and is completely black, with black beak, eyes, and yellow legs. I can't find any falcon or small hawk that looks anything like it, so I think it might be a melanistic form of some species. This was in open bush country, ~1500m elevation, in january.
