Need ID for a prey bird (1 Viewer)

[otosnomos]

Location is in Sothern westren Romania around the Serbian border, a field with forestry of oak wood around the "Victor Vlad Delamarin" village.

The bird was flying away, got scared by some hunter's gunshot in distance.
The bird was of prey and had a round head; which would maybe be a kestrel but the sound doubts me.
It had a tail, medium sized and had some light color around it.
The wings were of dark color with a light color at it's ends.
The colors were not in "checker board", mixed or something like that. They were solid "bland" colors.

The sound which the bird made was similar to an eagle's screech. Except it was more high-pitched and a little bit more short.

No recordings of it

 

[01101001]

Have you got any more details (a photo would be very useful)? Was the bird flying low or high? If low, then perhaps a harrier (a female/immature Hen Harrier maybe because no other reasonably common species in your area matches the description, and you mentioned a meadow and not a marsh; Hen Harrier's calls: Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus - Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird)?

 

[otosnomos]

Have you got any more details (a photo would be very useful)? Was the bird flying low or high? If low, then perhaps a harrier (a female/immature Hen Harrier maybe because no other reasonably common species in your area matches the description, and you mentioned a meadow and not a marsh; Hen Harrier's calls: Hen Harrier - Circus cyaneus - Media Search - Macaulay Library and eBird)?

I identified it, its a local booted eagle in light morph

 

[Butty]

Could you give the date, please?

 

[otosnomos]

Could you give the date, please?

12th dec

 

[Butty]

Don't quote me, but I think it would be extremely unlikely that there would be any booted eagles in Romania in December. They're in Africa then.
I fear your bird is not identifiable from your description.

 

[lou salomon]

I identified it, its a local booted eagle in light morph

surely not, in december (Booted Eagles are a in Africa during the winter). I'd suggest a light morph Common Buzzard which can have a similar underwing pattern.

 

[otosnomos]

Don't quote me, but I think it would be extremely unlikely that there would be any booted eagles in Romania in December. They're in Africa then.
I fear your bird is not identifiable from your description.

...Oh

 

[otosnomos]

surely not, in december (Booted Eagles are a in Africa during the winter). I'd suggest a light morph Common Buzzard which can have a similar underwing pattern.

I see. If i can I will record a sound next time

 

[otosnomos]

surely not, in december (Booted Eagles are a in Africa during the winter). I'd suggest a light morph Common Buzzard which can have a similar underwing pattern.

I got some pics, black back thats all it can be seen from here

 

[Butty]

Could be a buzzard. Impossible to tell from these.

 

[01101001]

It had a tail, medium sized and had some light color around it.

Have you checked Rough-legged Buzzard? It has extensive white on the upper tail: Plate 13 - Buzzards, Kites and Osprey - A Field Guide to Birds of Armenia ::Acopian Center for the Environment.
EDIT: The bird is admittedly small, but I like the landscape.