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    Vipin Sharma
    Dec 27, 2019

    Shikra 27/12 Meliha

    in UAE bird sightings

    Found this beauty perched on electric wire.A pair is present , couldn't capture female today.

    Shikra(male)

    Shikra(male)

    Shikra(male)

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Tommy Pedersen
    Dec 30, 2019

    100% Shikra, agree

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    Vipin Sharma
    Vipin Sharma
    Dec 30, 2019

    The coordinates are 25.103563, 55.864879. He was sitting right next to main road on a electric wire. Images taken from road. I also saw female in same area.

    Levant has dark eye and yellow eye on Eurasian. I still vote for SHIKRA though.

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    Tommy Pedersen
    Tommy Pedersen
    Dec 29, 2019

    This is a new area, do you have the coordinates? Also confusing to see one without the dark medial stripe on the throat...... But the eye is not dark, as in Levant Sparrowhawk. Unfortunately

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    Anshuman
    Dec 29, 2019

    It's eye colour is bit confusing .. are not the male has reddish Iris?

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