Ovambo Sparrowhawk - Accipiter ovampensis
Épervier de l'Ovampo
A long-bodied rather small-headed Accipiter with a prominent wide whitish supercilium dark ear coverts sporting yellow-orange legs cere. The toes, especially the middle toe, are unusually long >>>>all these features are typical of juvenile Ovambo Sparrowhawk.
Gallery : © Steve Garvie
Website : RAINBIRDER
Order : Accipitriformes
Family : Accipitridae
Species : Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Age : Juvenile
Plumage : First year year
Reference: stga50011
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Geographic range
Date taken : 2007 Aug
Geographic data
Country : Kenya (ke)
Region : Rift Valley Province
Place : Burrungat Plain
Latitude : 1° 26' 59'' South
Longitude : 35° 8' 59'' East
Exif data
Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/500S s
Aperture : F5.6
Focal : 700 mm
Iso : 200
Flash : no
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