Wednesday 27 July 2016

Crested Honey Buzzard

Female - 3 9 15. Indistinct carpal, very broad wings and a protruding p5. Many of the CHB seen at Batumi are in moult at p4. Four new tail feathers approaching tip.

Female (right) with two Honey Buzzards nicely showing structural differences.

Adult male, dark - 6 9 15


Adult male, light - 6 9 15

Adult male, medium - 7 9 15

Adult female - 6 9 15. Less distinct trailing edge compared to male.

Adult male, medium - 8 9 15



Adult male, dark - 8 9 15

Adult male, medium - 9 9 15

Longer fingers and more bulging secondaries compared to the HB (right)

Adult male, medium - 16 9 15

Beautifully marked flight feathers, the finer bars would be invisible at distance.


Adult male, medium - 16 9 15. A male that nearly sneaked past station 1. Nice view of the tail pattern from above which you don't often get.

Adult male, light - 16 9 15

Adult female - 17 9 15

Adult male, light - 19 9 15

Adult male - 24 9 15

This fairly distant individual was mistaken briefly for a Short-toed Eagle such were its slow powerful wing-beats on really broad wings.