Verreaux’s Eagle. Adult

Àguila de Verreaux Aquila verreauxii. Adult. Desembre. Omán / Verreaux’s Eagle. Adult. December. Oman. Alex Ollé.

• Inconfusible ! / Unmistakable !

Barbary Falcon. ♂ Adult

Barbary Falcon Falco pelegrinoides. Adult ♂. December. Oman. Alex Ollé. Note: The absence of moult in the remiges in december indicates that it is not a nordic Peregrine Falcon.

Lappet-faced Vulture. 2cy

Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus. Immature 2cy negevensis. December. Oman. Àlex Ollé. Note: moult in the inner primaries pp1-3 and p4 growing.

Golden Eagle. 1cy female

Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos. 1cy female. October. Catalonia. ©Fran Trabalon. Note: all remiges and rectrices are juveniles, without moult.

Peregrine Falcon. ♀ Adult “brookei”

Falcó pelegrí Falco peregrinus. Femella adulta brookei. Novembre. Catalunya / Peregrine Falcon. Adult female brookei. November. Catalonia. Miguel Ángel Fuentes.

• Bigotera molt ample i sense blanc a les galtes, típic en femelles de brookei . Pit de coloració salmó / Mostache very wide and without white in the cheeks, typical in female brookei. Breast with salmon colour.

Western Marsh harrier. ♂ Adult “intermediate morph”

Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeroginosus. Adult ♂ of intermediate morph. November. Catalonia. Joan Goy.

Eurasian Sparrowhawk. 1cy

Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus. 1cy. Catalonia. Quim Martínez. Note: rufous margins in all the feathers, typical of young.

Peregrine Falcon. ♂ 3cy “nordic”

• De la zona de intergradació entre peregrinus i calidus al N de Fenoscandia. Muda activa a les primàries més externes pp9-10. Resten unes poques infracobertores  juvenils / from the intergradation zone between peregrinus and calidus in the N Scandinavia. Active moult in outer primaries pp9-10. Remain a few young undercoverts.

Hen Harrier. ♂ 2cy

Arpella pàl·lida Circus cyaneus. Mascle 2n any cal. Novembre. Catalunya / Hen Harrier. Male 2cy. November. Catalonia. Miquel Arxer.

• Escapulars i cobertores amb tons marrons indiquen l’edat / Scapulars and coverts brown tones indicate the age.

Peregrine Falcon. Juvenile “brookei”

Falcó pelegrí Falco peregrinus. Juvenil brookei. Juny. Catalunya / Peregrine Falcon. Juvenile brookei. June. Catalonia. Fran Trabalon.

• Plumage nou. Pili i clatell amb coloracions marrons, amb una bigotera cuadrada / New plumage. Crown and nape with brown colors, and a square mustache.