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    greg.simkins
    Jul 04, 2021
      ·  Edited: Jul 04, 2021

    ID help

    in UAE bird sightings








    Thank you in advance.

    9 comments
    Dan Sharon
    Jul 04, 2021

    Good morning sir! In the first photo its an Eastern Imperial Eagle. In the last one in the right side Lappet-faced Vulture.

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    greg.simkins
    Jul 04, 2021

    Good morning!

    Thank you for the clarification. Appreciate it.

    Mark Smiles
    Jul 19, 2021

    Hi Greg,

    I'd suggest juvenile Bonelli's Eagle rather than EIE for the first, based on tail length & fine barring.

    The wader is a Green Sandpiper and the first duck a Shoveler (bill surely too long for anything else?). The second duck is possibly Gadwall based on head/bill shape.

    I don't think the second last eagle is identifiable with confidence but does appear to have a pale crown & neck shawl, so possibly either Golden or adult EIE. The final image shows a GSE & young Lappet.


    Cheers,

    Mark

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    greg.simkins
    Jul 19, 2021

    @Mark Smiles Thank you much appreciated. I will check if we have any additional images of the Golden/EIE. Best regards Greg


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    Mark Smiles
    Jul 20, 2021

    Do you have any other pics of the second duck, too? Looking at it on a larger screen, I think it could be aTeal.

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    greg.simkins
    Jul 27, 2021

    @Mark Smiles Hope these images help with further identification








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    Mark Smiles
    Jul 27, 2021

    The eagle is an adult Eastern Imperial - very contrasty neck shawl and white undertail coverts. The duck is a Mallard - blue speculum with thin white bar.

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    greg.simkins
    Jul 27, 2021