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Common Buzzard. Juvenile

Posted on 5 January, 2017 by macrourus

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Aligot comú Buteo buteo. Juvenil. Desembre. Catalunya / Common Buzzard. Juvenile. December. Catalonia. Joan Grajera.

L’iris pàl·lid dels juvenils és alterat en aquest juvenil / The iris pale of juvenile is altered in this young.

Hen/Pallid Harrier. 1cy

Posted on 27 December, 201612 April, 2020 by macrourus

circus4 — Presumed hybrid Hen x Pallid Harrier Circus cyaneus x macrourus. 1cy. November. Spain. ©Javier Train. Note: facial appearance typical of pallid, with fine lists and body coloration intermediate between the two. The arm very wide and showing five fingers (p6 long) indicate of the Hen harrier.

Common Buzzard. Adult

Posted on 27 December, 201612 November, 2017 by macrourus

20161221_154123-2 — Common Buzzard Buteo buteo. Adult. December. Catalonia. Joan Grajera.

Greater Spotted Eagle. 1cy

Posted on 20 December, 201625 August, 2019 by macrourus

aquila-clanga-11 — Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. 1 cy. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé. Note: individual with evident dark bands in the secondaries. These do not reach the end of the pen and in the base are absent; unlike Lesser. The p4 is long and pointy.

Greater Spotted Eagle. 1cy

Posted on 20 December, 201625 August, 2019 by macrourus

Aquila clanga 10.JPG — Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. 1cy. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé. Note: variation in the color of the body. Remiges uniforms.

Greater Spotted Eagle. 1cy

Posted on 20 December, 201625 August, 2019 by macrourus

Aquila clanga 2b.jpg — Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. 1cy. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé. Note: specimen with s long pointed p4 without dark bands.

Greater Spotted Eagle. Adult

Posted on 20 December, 201625 August, 2019 by macrourus

img-20161218-wa0015 — Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga. Adult. December. Spain. Juan Sagardía. Note: “Tonn”, eagle born in Estonia and ringed in the nest in 2008.

Yellow-billed Kite. 1cy

Posted on 20 December, 201625 August, 2019 by macrourus

Milvus aegyptius 2.JPG — Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius. 1cy aegyptius ‘arabicus‘. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé. Note: shows five fingers with short p6; different than Black Kite. The base of the bill is already widely yellow.

Lappet-faced Vulture. Juvenile

Posted on 19 December, 201619 December, 2016 by macrourus

Torgos tracheliotus 3.JPG — Voltor torgos Torgos tracheliotos. Juvenil negevensis. Desembre. Oman / Lappet-faced Vulture. Juvenile negevensis. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé.

Plomatge uniforme i sense muda / Uniform plumage and whitout moult.

Golden Eagle. 3cy

Posted on 19 December, 201620 April, 2020 by macrourus

aquila-chrysaetos_jr2a8018_w_f — Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos. 3cy. August. Catalonia. ©Fran Trabalon. Note: the three outermost primaries pp8-10 are juveniles, with p7 growing.