BoP, Sabya, SW Saudi (1 Viewer)

[opisska]

This is a weird bird, I am really not sure what to put it as, probably juvenile of some Accipiter sp.? There are quite a few interesting possibilities here.

In an agricultural area with loose mosaic of tiny fields and trees, yesterday.

 

[THE_FERN]

Some kind of honey buzzard (bill, head) trying to be a goshawk?

 

[opisska]

I've seen an OHB nearby but the tail is all wrong, no?

 

[Welsh Peregrine]

Tail looks ok to me based on shape; no idea about the details of barring pattern.

 

[KenM]

Presume Pale Chanting Goshawk doesn’t wander that far North?

 

[THE_FERN]

Presume Pale Chanting Goshawk doesn’t wander that far North?

Not a chanting goshawk: very wrong (bill etc) for any of those

 

[tconzemi]

Most typical Pernis head
And absolutely nothing wrong for juvenile OHB tail from above

Oriental Honey-buzzard mobbed – Bird Ecology Study Group

 

[Butty]

absolutely nothing wrong for juvenile OHB tail from above

In which case I hope that Svensson has corrected this in edn 3 (ditto regular honey buzzard?), because it's nothing like his pics in edn 2.

 

[tconzemi]

In which case I hope that Svensson has corrected this in edn 3 (ditto regular honey buzzard?), because it's nothing like his pics in edn 2.

That's why I included the link showing OHB with this tail pattern

 

[Butty]

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So is this a feature that distinguishes juv oriental from juv regular honey buzzard?

 

[opisska]

Thanks, I was clearly not uptodate on OHB tail patterns then

 

[tconzemi]

Maybe this helps