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<blockquote data-quote="Silvio Davison" data-source="post: 1180948" data-attributes="member: 51505"><p>Jan,</p><p></p><p>The underwing looks very like Lesser Kestrel. For instance, this bird hasn't got darker tertials and secondaries as in your link of common Kestrel:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=6767" target="_blank">http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=6767</a></p><p></p><p>The bird shows a generally pale underwing with plain secondaries and primaries edgings (as rest of wing). Also, the rusty tone of the underparts point towards Lesser Kestrel surely? there's a bigger variability in underwing colour ( and wing formula at times) than there is in underpart colour...</p><p></p><p>If you compare the bird to this Lesser Kestrel you can see the plain effect of secondaries and primaries:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=16649" target="_blank">http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=16649</a></p><p></p><p>The only odd thing is the lack of barring on the underwing coverts, but it can happen in very abraded adults!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ciao</p><p></p><p></p><p>Silv</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silvio Davison, post: 1180948, member: 51505"] Jan, The underwing looks very like Lesser Kestrel. For instance, this bird hasn't got darker tertials and secondaries as in your link of common Kestrel: [url]http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=6767[/url] The bird shows a generally pale underwing with plain secondaries and primaries edgings (as rest of wing). Also, the rusty tone of the underparts point towards Lesser Kestrel surely? there's a bigger variability in underwing colour ( and wing formula at times) than there is in underpart colour... If you compare the bird to this Lesser Kestrel you can see the plain effect of secondaries and primaries: [url]http://www.netfugl.dk/pictures.php?id=showpicture&picture_id=16649[/url] The only odd thing is the lack of barring on the underwing coverts, but it can happen in very abraded adults! Ciao Silv [/QUOTE]
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