Thembi's Trip Report: 2005 Bots/Zam/ZA - Better Late Than Never
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Thembi: I think your id as an Ayres Eagle is a good one, the African Hawk Eagle looks almost the same but is 10-15 cm larger so it could well be a Hawk Eagle. In my Newman's guide it shows an Ayres with an orange(ish) colored eye in one of the morphs and the barring on the tail seems to be a little more visible on the Ayres than the Hawk Eagle so I would tend to think that Ayers is the correct i.d. (that of course assumes the illustrator did a good job with is not always the case but I have found that this guide tends to be good with the accuracy). It's definitely one of those two species and I'd go with Ayres based on my guide.
Glad to hear of the book deal, I'm going to preorder of course!
Glad to hear of the book deal, I'm going to preorder of course!
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Hi Eric - thanks for the ID - we double checked in our SASOL and concur. The distribution map also would indicate the African Hawk Eagle. We have changed the title on that pic now accordingly.
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Thembi
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