| Dear Szilard
Thank you for your comments. I know it´s always easier to identify birds in the field, than on a single photo, but if we stick to what the picture showes, I still think it´s a Steppe Eagle: The prominent barring on the primaries and secondaries are to heavy for LSE. You also see the dark trailing-edge on the wing, which is also typical for SE. The wings and tail are to long for LSE. On the greater coverts, closest the the birds body, you find a single huge pale feather - wich I think is the remains of a prominent pale wingbar. I think the LSE would have paler underwingcoverts, contrasting to darker flightfeathers and pale vent.
Henrik |