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[Eagles] Black-winged Kite

Black-winged Kite

19/12/2014
Mai Po Access Road





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Good find and good capture !
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnyu9339

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Hi Matthew,

What do u think about the prey bird? WB waterhen?

THX,

Captain

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Based on leg structure it's a passerine.  Colour, size and plumage fit Zitting Cisticola.  I think it is 'wrapped' in a dark leaf which makes upper body look dark.

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I think it was a Plain Prinia, the tail (before the Kite ripped it off) was quite long. It swallowed the prey whole in the end before flying off...
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