Forest buzzard

On my way to work I saw this beauty perched on the phone wires, I did a quick turnaround, grabbed a camera and luckily it was still there. Allowed me to take a few shots before it flew off again. We get a lot of raptors around here but rarely do I see them this close! :)

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

A very fresh shot on a very good day, so it seems. Well done! Posted 11 years ago
1. Claire Hamilton
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ferdy! It certainly was a very good day considering the weather conditions! (Dull, raining...yuk!) Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. NattyOne
    
    Lion
    
    Hi Claire, I think this is actually the Forest Buzzard as you state - Buteo trizonatus, it and the Mountain Buzzard , Buteo oreophilus were split from the common buzzard relatively recently. See
    
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_buzzard
    &
    https://ebird.org/species/moubuz3?siteLanguage=en_GB
    
    Cheers, David Posted one year ago

The Mountain Buzzard

The Mountain Buzzard is a bird of prey that lives in montane forests in East Africa and forests and plantations in South Africa. The latter population is sometimes considered a separate species, the Forest Buzzard.

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Similar species: Diurnal Birds Of Prey

Species identified by Claire Hamilton