Fine FIRST photos - incl. V. Gjerløv's of the same specimen - of this Buteo in NETFUGL.
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Flot at Bjergvågen nu vises i NETFUGL galleriet -
inkl. VAGN G.s foto sm. dato.*

Karakteristisk STOR-plettet underside, dog overgået
- relativt - af IBs Speckled Piculet's, 3rd Jan. 2012.

Oreophilus betyder 'ven af bjerge' (gr. Oreos = bjerg).

* Sværere at få i kameraet end en del Ørne i Ø.afr.

Tak HANS HENRIK ........ C.

Hej Carsten.

Du har ganske ret, Vagn og jeg stod skulder ved skulder, da vi med vores kameraer nedkæmpede dette Rovdyr ;-)

Jeg må desværre tilstå, at det kun er ganske få dage siden, jeg fandt ud af at det var en Bjergvåge.

Billedet er taget i modlys, og havde i første omgang ikke fået nogen opmærksomhed.

Det var først da Vagn lagde et billede her på Netfugl, at det slog mig, at jeg havde billeder af samme fugl.

Bjergvågen blev så Art nummer 210 som jeg har lagt på Netfugl fra vores 3 uger`s Kenyatur sommeren 2011.

Hi all,
I am sorry to say, but in my opinion this bird is not a Mountain Buzzard, but a juvenile Augur Buzzard. You can see it is a juvenile by the uniform and rather pointed upperwing coverts. It is too heavy for a Mountain, which is smaller than a Common Buzzard, it is also too white below for a Mountain. The most important things to note in this picture are, however, the clearly barred secondaries, which is typical of Augur (uniformly brown in juv oreophilus), as well as the new blackish scapulars on the back should be brown if oreophilus).
Mountain Buzzard is a species of forested mountains from approximately 2700 m and up, and probably never descends to the savanna.

Many thanks, DICK,

for scrutinizing ID of this Afrn. Buzzard,
and highlighting SPECIfic characters.

[ Blotched / 'Storplettet' was insufficient...]

So, it remains a challenge to provide photo(s)
of MOUNTAIN B. for NETFUGL Galleriet.
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Dansk
Stor tak til DICK Forsman for at påpege, at billedet
viser en juv. AUGURvåge

- uanset 'flotte pletter'...

Best rgds ........... C.

Thanks Dick F.

Vil Netfugl være venlig at rette navnet til Juv. Augur Buzzard.

Mvh. Hans Henrik.