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Raptor ID

Raptor ID

8 Feb 2010
Nam Sang Wai
Could someone help me to ID it. Thanks a lot.

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I think it is Crested Honey Buzzard

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Raptor ID

Oriental Honey Buzzard should have a smaller, weaker-looking head.

I think this is a Bonelli's Eagle; an immature as shown in this fine shot from a few months ago on this forum :

http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... &extra=page%3D3

John
http://johnjemi.hk

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Thank Peter and John.
Here are 2 more photos for discussion.

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They are indeed very similar. This is something that I have not realised before. I go with John that this is Bonelli's. I also think that the bird labelled as Oriental Honey Buzzard in the new Photoguide is indeed Oriental Honey Buzzard.

HF Cheung

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Thanks for Fai Gor's advice.
Are there any differences in tail-bars pattern between Oriental Honey Buzzard and juvenile Bonelli's Eagle?

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