Østlig Hvepsevåge, også kendt som Tophvepsevåge, ses øverst i ungfugleudgaven. Tilsyneladende er langt flere ungfugle lyse end hos Hvepsegåge, og mange er lysebrune ala ung høgeørn. Bemærk som det slanke, dueagtige hoved, de mørkjere armsvingfjer samt den for hvepsevågeslægten typisk afrundede hale. Netop hoved og haleform afslører tit arten fra de forskellige arter høgeørne, der træffes i Orienten.
Nederst en mørk Dværgørn.
The juvenile Crested Honey Buzzard is often found in a sandy-colored version, being supercially similar to juvenile Bonelli´s Eagle. note the slender, pigen-like head and the long, narrow tail with rounded corners, typical for honey-buzzards. Head and tail shape is often important when seperating this species from the different hawk eagles of East Asia, all showing rounder and broader head and shorter tail with sharper corners.
The shape of Oriental Honey Buzzard os here easily compared to the dark morph Booted Eagle. In India I have found the majority of Booted Eagles to be dark (80-90%).
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