South African Hawk (from webcam) for ID (1 Viewer)

[Julian Papay]

The attached jpg is a composite of 3 screenshots of a bird at the Djuma webcam, near the Kruger NP, in South Africa, today (5th Apr 25). Various suggestions made as to identity. Looked like a big quite long-tailed Accipiter-type (in board sense). Is anyone with Southern African field experience able to give a confident ID of this bird?

 

[tconzemi]

That's a juvenile Black Sparrowhawk

 

[Julian Papay]

Many thanks Tom. That's what I suspected (honest guv!) but there were a very wide range of suggestions. It needed to be looked at by someone who knew the species and the other similar sized and shaped raptors from that part of the world. Many thanks indeed.