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What type of Hawk is this?

RobE17
Posted 05/08/2012 - 11:14 Link
I'm entering this photo into a competition but am asking for some help please as to which type of Hawk it is:

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Hawk by RM BRIGHT, on Flickr

It was taken last year at the Bird of Prey Centre at the Shuttleworth Collection but I didn't take note of what it was

If anyone has any idea please let me know.

Rob
Boyo2406
Posted 05/08/2012 - 11:22 Link
I think it is a Harris Hawk.
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Posted 05/08/2012 - 12:15 Link
Birds of Prey are not my forte when it comes to ID, but all Harris Hawks I've seen have been quite dark in their colouration, this could probably be a juvenile though.

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Gwyn
Posted 05/08/2012 - 12:35 Link
Harris Hawkss have much more yellow on the beak too.

Could it be a buzzard?
paulgee20
Posted 05/08/2012 - 13:18 Link
Although I do tend to take shots of Raptors Harris Hawks are not one of my specialist areas. However I would say that this may be a juvenile, may well be wrong though and would like to be corrected if someone is certain?

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Jumbo48
Posted 05/08/2012 - 13:32 Link
I don't think this is a Harris Hawk because the plumage is not dark enough and as Gwyn said the beak has much more yellow on it. I will keep looking through my numerous bird and hope to find the answer. Also have you thought about sending the photo to the Bird of Prey centre to see if they can identify it for you?
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Edited by Jumbo48: 05/08/2012 - 13:33
Algernon
Posted 05/08/2012 - 13:38 Link
Looks like a cross between a Sparrow and a Harris Hawk!

Although the beak might be off a Parrot
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Edited by Algernon: 05/08/2012 - 13:39
Chrism8
Posted 05/08/2012 - 13:53 Link
Its possibly a Buzzard,
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walkeja
Posted 05/08/2012 - 14:13 Link
It's definitely a bird, not the plane of the same name.
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Jumbo48
Posted 05/08/2012 - 14:24 Link
Chrism8 wrote:
Its possibly a Buzzard,

After checking through all my books I googled Common Buzard and I think Chris is right, I would check it out for your self though just to be sure.
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Gwyn
Posted 05/08/2012 - 14:42 Link
Chrism8 wrote:
Its possibly a Buzzard,

That's what I said .
Posted 05/08/2012 - 15:06 Link
Gwyn wrote:
Chrism8 wrote:
Its possibly a Buzzard,

That's what I said .

As it goes (and I'm no expert on such issues) I think this bird might be a Red Kite - once referred to as the 'shite-hawk'.
Gwyn
Posted 05/08/2012 - 15:26 Link
Don't red kites have a lighter (grey/white) head?
jeffstclair
Posted 05/08/2012 - 15:28 Link
When I lived in Dundee that was the name given to the seagulls that lived on the landfill site..
That looks like a buzzard to me .. jeff..
Posted 05/08/2012 - 16:00 Link
It isn't a Buzzard...the colours look wrong for such a bird to me. I'd upload one of my own Kite images for comparison but I've apparently slipped into dummy mode during the course of the day and can't therefore work out how to do so

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