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        Discussion Area 討論區 >> Bird Identification 鳥類辨識 >>  鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite?
        
(Message started by: Allen on Aug 25^th, 2005, 12:04am)

Title: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite?
Post by Allen on Aug 25^th, 2005, 12:04am

24/8/2005
Shing Mun
http://images3.fotop.net/albums3/summerday/Birds/0795a.jpg
Sorry for tiny shadow image.
Can anyone id this raptor, pls tell.
Thanks advance.

Title: Re: Raptor ID, sorry for tiny shadow image
Post by pippenho on Aug 25^th, 2005, 8:19am

:oThe shape of the head and tail look like an Oriental Honey Buzzard to me ??? :-[

Title: Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
Post by Koel_Ko on Aug 25^th, 2005, 2:37pm

Does look like Honey Buzzard...
But given location, time and the quality and angle of photo, I think the possibility of Black-eared Kite should be considered as well... ;)

Also note the sharpness of the wing (angle possible, but still sharp at Primaries) and hint of crescent on the dark underwing, suggestive of the Kite.

Title: Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
Post by Allen on Aug 25^th, 2005, 6:52pm

Thanks Pippen and Koel.

During watching, my friends and me are sure it was not Black-eared Kite.

The curve/round shape of its tail looked like as that of Common Buzzard.

Title: Re: 鳳頭蜂鷹?黑鳶? Honey Buzzard? Black-eared Kite
Post by David_Diskin on Aug 30^th, 2005, 10:43pm

It's an interesting photograph but you need to bear in mind that at this time of the year many Black-eared Kites are moulting.

When they moult their tail feathers, B-eared Kites can appear very confusing, as they can totally lose their fork-tailed appearance and appear very much as they do in the photograph. I saw a B-eared Kite with a similar looking tail at Ma On Shan three weeks back.

dave diskin