{"id":6720,"date":"2017-07-24T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T22:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6720"},"modified":"2020-01-31T16:25:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T15:25:31","slug":"bonellis-eagle-aquila-fasciata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=6720","title":{"rendered":"Bonelli’s Eagle
Aquila fasciata<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– large raptor, larger than a buzzard
\n– diurnal migrant, strictly over land
\n– migrates singly, at migration bottlenecks sometimes mixed with other raptors<\/p>\n

>> VISUAL ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nBonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata<\/em>, 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1545, 17\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– can resemble JUV\u00a0Crested Honey Buzzard<\/a> (BIF1704)\u00a0but different wing shape with finer barring of the remiges
\n– stronger head and bill
\n– wing with hint of dark carpal patch and greater coverts band<\/p>\n

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\nBonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata<\/em>, 2CY<\/strong>
\nBIF1546, 17\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– very pale individual moulting the inner primaries
\n– darker carpal ‘commas’ and greater coverts band can be missing
\n– fine barring of the fingers extends to the tip<\/p>\n

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\nBonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1542, 19\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– pale yellow iris
\n– mantle with diagnostic white patch
\n– grey tail with broad black terminal bar<\/p>\n

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\nBonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1543, 19\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– mottled rather than barred dusky secondaries and inner primaries
\n– contrasting broad black greater coverts band and trailing edge to wing and tail
\n– thin dark streaked white body
\n– brown barred undertail coverts<\/p>\n

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\nBonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata<\/em>, AD<\/strong>
\nBIF1544, 19\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze
\n– when gliding typical long-tailed and narrow handed silhouette<\/p>\n

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

– usually nonvocal during migration<\/p>\n

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>><\/strong><\/p>\n

Booted Eagle<\/a> (v)
\nLong-legged Buzzard<\/a> (v)
\nCrested Honey Buzzard<\/a> (v)<\/p>\n

#raptor #birdofprey #birdsofprey #soaringbird<\/p>\n

#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

>> GENERAL >>>>> – large raptor, larger than a buzzard – diurnal migrant, strictly over land – migrates singly, at migration bottlenecks sometimes mixed with other raptors >> VISUAL ID >>>>> Bonelli’s Eagle Aquila f. fasciata, 2CY BIF1545, 17\/02\/2015, Oman, Mathias Putze – can resemble JUV\u00a0Crested Honey Buzzard (BIF1704)\u00a0but different wing shape with finer barring … Continue reading Bonelli’s Eagle
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