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Kwok Jai
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Re: Japanese Sparrowhawk 曰本松雀鷹
« Reply #1 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 5:24pm » |
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they are male besra, if japanese sparrowhawk the tail should be shorter
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Re: Japanese Sparrowhawk 曰本松雀鷹
« Reply #2 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 7:21pm » |
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Could it be a Crested Goshawk?
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Re: Japanese Sparrowhawk 曰本松雀鷹
« Reply #3 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 7:59pm » |
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on Oct 16th, 2005, 7:21pm, Falcon wrote:Could it be a Crested Goshawk? |
| Falcon, I don't think they are Crested Goshawk. Because its size like a Dove and its flying also like a Dove, its tail longer than Dove. Thomas.
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Re: Japanese Sparrowhawk 曰本松雀鷹
« Reply #4 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 8:16pm » |
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on Oct 16th, 2005, 5:24pm, Kwok Jai wrote:they are male besra, if japanese sparrowhawk the tail should be shorter |
| Kwok Jai, Thanks for your identify! Why they are male, not a couple? Thomas.
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #5 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 9:00pm » |
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because two birds size no different, if they are a couple some one should be bigger than next one.
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #6 on: Oct 16th, 2005, 9:03pm » |
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I'm not sure these are Besras. Given their bulky-looking structure and the long 5th primary especially evident in the first photograph, I'd say they're adult Crested Goshawks. dave diskin
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #7 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 6:14am » |
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Purely from the photos, I would say that the first one is a male Besra and the second one gives two Crested Goshawks. The first bird has visibly thin feet, long 5th primary which creates a 'sharp' wingtip more indicative of Besra than Crested, and a relatively short bill that points towards Besra. The second photo shows two birds with broad, rounded wings and bulky rear body, which seems to favour Crested Goshawk.
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #9 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 7:48am » |
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on Oct 16th, 2005, 9:00pm, Kwok Jai wrote:because two birds size no different, if they are a couple some one should be bigger than next one. |
| Kwok Jai, Thanks for your reply! How to explain their chest in difference colour? Thomas.
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #10 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 8:53am » |
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I agree with Koel Ko that the two birds together are Crested Goshawks, The single bird does appear less bulky etc. than the Crested Goshawks, suggesting Besra. However, in a recent discussion about some photos of accipiters taken at Po Toi, the wing formula of a male Besra shows the longest feathers to be P3 & 4, followed by 5, 2 ,1. The bird in the photo above seems to show P5 to be longer than P3. Perhaps this is a variable feature and is of no significance when it comes to ID?? dave diskin
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #11 on: Oct 17th, 2005, 4:22pm » |
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Thomas this is about the age.If adult male, the breast always has orange colour, but the immature birds the breast should be no orange.so the left bird is a adult and next is a imature. kwok jai
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #12 on: Oct 18th, 2005, 4:43pm » |
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Structurally, the two birds appear to me to be Besras. They seem rather small and compact, with relatively short wings. The underwing coverts are heavily marked, which does not fit Crested Gos. Finally, does Crested Gos show orange irides? I don't remember ever having noticed this, while it is a consistent feature of adult male Besras. In addition, the head and upperparts, and especially the tail, of one of the birds, at least, appear rather too grey for Crested Gos. Geoff
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #13 on: Oct 19th, 2005, 8:05am » |
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Thanks to Geoff for putting me right on this one. Interesting points. Now where did I put that stamp collection .... ? dave diskin
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Re: Besra 松雀鷹
« Reply #14 on: Oct 19th, 2005, 4:31pm » |
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Agreed. Thanks to Geoff for pointing out these features. Learned a lot from this forum!
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