Beetle

Mai Po, 13 Nov 2008
Nikon D90 + 300mm F/4 + 1.4x

mchristine

Great photos with eye catching animation!!!  Well done!!!

ltsunpun

如果是松雀鷹，牠可能會是亞成鳥或雌鳥，因為牠的眼晴是黄色而不是紅色。但是牠的胸部不見有黑色的淚珠狀標記，所以會是亞成烏。
但是在這圖片上，我看不到這烏的上體有紫藍色，反而看到隱約的冠羽(可能是主觀的願望)和眉紋，直覺上亦覺這烏比較大一些，因此傾向是鳳頭鷹。
請指正。
tp luk

kkoel

This bird has rather thin spiky legs and smallish bill, thus I think it is one of the smaller sparrowhawks. The thick mesial and even tail bars suggest Besra, and I would hazard to guess it's an immature female given the build and the yellow eyes.

Beetle

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Original posted by ltsunpun at 15/11/2008 14:51
如果是松雀鷹，牠可能會是亞成鳥或雌鳥，因為牠的眼晴是黄色而不是紅色。但是牠的胸部不見有黑色的淚珠狀標記，所以會是亞成烏。
但是在這圖片上，我看不到這烏的上體有紫藍色，反而看到隱約的冠羽(可能是主觀的願望)和眉紋，直 ...

I am glad that my photos can raise discussion about identification. I think photos of Accipiter hawks are always worth discussing.

Just to clarify about the size, i am only lucky to get a pretty large photo of the bird. It was not as big as a crested goshawk; i have photos of the same bird chasing a Large-billed Crow. It was only half(or a little bit more than half) as big as the crow.

ltsunpun

同意kkoel所描述的細咀和幼小的脚(與鳳頭鷹比較)，再加上後來Beetle的補充照片，尾比較長，隱約看到有4-5條橫帶，同意牠是松雀鷹。很少看到這麼清晰的松雀鷹照片，所以才引起我的好奇心而巳。多謝指正。
tp luk