Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Harrier?

  • parsfan by parsfan

    A nice head&shoulders portrait of a raptor. Guessing possibly a harrier... maybe Pallid male (Circus macrourus)

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  • wilderzone by wilderzone moderator

    More likely a Black-shouldered Kite. We've been getting quite a few of them in this season's captures.

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    I agree. Montagu's and Pallid harrier males are similarly grey but their eyes would look very pale, and I suspect they don't perch much on ground except in very open places - i.e. not under trees, where cameras are usually mounted.

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  • parsfan by parsfan in response to davidbygott's comment.

    Thanks both. Good info 😃

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