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Note the thick neck and broad head (more like hen harrier) and compare to your bird. The facial pattern including narrow well-defined collar surrounding the head also different from your bird, which indeed has a facial pattern resembling pallid (but extensive white around eye and dark cheek patch almost completely isolated from dark eyeline not usual for pallid). Also note the pattern on the primaries- variable in both species though usually broader bands and denser pattern in juv pallids, again individual variation is great in both species so not diagnostic. Boomerang around carpal area only in pallid but not that regular/useful. But note the absence of a clearly defined dark trailing edge to the primaries typical for pallid. In fact, I cannot find a single juv pallid in my collection (over 200 juvs) with the clear dark edge to the primaries as in your bird. Scientific name: Circus macrourus
Dutch name: Steppekiekendief
English name: Pallid Harrier
Place: Maroua Cameroon
Date: 21 Mar 2007
Posted: Thu 01 Oct 2009, 19:59
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Comments: 0
origineel Scientific name: Coracias abyssinicus
Dutch name: Sahelscharrelaar
English name: Abyssinian Roller
Place: -
Date: None Specified
Posted: Fri 09 Jun 2006, 12:04
View: 57
Comments: 0
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/500 sec@f5.6, +1 stop, ISO 400 Scientific name: Dryocopus martius
Dutch name: Zwarte Specht
English name: Black Woodpecker
Place: Leersumse Hei, Utrecht
Date: 02 Jul 2005
Posted: Mon 07 Nov 2005, 17:14
View: 85
Comments: 0
Bewerking nr 3 Scientific name: Accipiter nisus
Dutch name: Sperwer
English name: Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Place: Utrecht
Date: 06 Oct 2005
Posted: Thu 03 Nov 2005, 21:27
View: 75
Comments: 0
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/500 sec@f6.3, -2/3 stop, ISO 200 Scientific name: Jynx torquilla
Dutch name: Draaihals
English name: Eurasian Wryneck
Place: Tiel
Date: 02 Oct 2005
Posted: Mon 10 Oct 2005, 14:52
View: 52
Comments: 0
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/1600 sec@f6.3, -2/3 stop, ISO 200 Scientific name: Jynx torquilla
Dutch name: Draaihals
English name: Eurasian Wryneck
Place: Tiel
Date: 02 Oct 2005
Posted: Sun 09 Oct 2005, 7:47
View: 114
Comments: 3
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/2000 sec@f5.6, +1/3 stop, ISO 200 Scientific name: Falco subbuteo
Dutch name: Boomvalk
English name: Eurasian Hobby
Place: Kromme Rijn, Utrecht
Date: 21 Sep 2005
Posted: Tue 04 Oct 2005, 9:22
View: 161
Comments: 1
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/2500 sec@f5.6, +1/3 stop, ISO 200. Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus
Dutch name: Visarend
English name: Western Osprey
Place: Polder Westbroek, Utrecht
Date: 10 Sep 2005
Posted: Sun 25 Sep 2005, 7:05
View: 58
Comments: 0
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/2500 sec@f5.6, +1/3 stop, ISO 200. Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus
Dutch name: Visarend
English name: Western Osprey
Place: Polder Westbroek, Utrecht
Date: 10 Sep 2005
Posted: Sun 25 Sep 2005, 7:04
View: 63
Comments: 0
Canon 20d, EF 400mm f/5.6, 1/1600 sec@f6.3, -1/3 stop, ISO 200 Scientific name: Pandion haliaetus
Dutch name: Visarend
English name: Western Osprey
Place: Naardermeer
Date: 20 Sep 2005
Posted: Sun 25 Sep 2005, 6:13
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Comments: 0
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