wdickson

19.03.2007
Tsuen Wan, Tso Kung Tam

As big as crested serpent eagle, what could it be?

Starshing

i think it was a common buzzard

cchristina

Yes, It looks like Common Buzzard. But if compare with the following one, the secondary would be much more round for Common Buzzard. From the last picture of this post, the bird looks like Eagle. :roll:

ajohn

The underpart patterning is diagnostic for common buzzard - not in particular the dark carpal area (bend in the wing), dark traliing edge to the wing and brown streaked underparts. The photo of the upperparts also shows a pale patch at the base of the primaries (again a feature of common buzzard)

The apparent difference in wing structure is, I think, a result of the angle of the bird and the way it is flying. It looks right for common buzzard.

wdickson

Thx. for ajohn confirmation.