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C. hastata
The Indian spotted eagle (Clanga hastata) is a large South Asian bird of prey. Like all typical eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. The typical eagles are often united with the buteos, sea eagles and other more heavyset Accipitridae, but more recently it appears as if they are less distinct from the more slender accipitrine hawks.
In India, it is distributed sparingly over the Gangetic plains, in the east up to Manipur, in Madhya Pradesh and southern Orissa, but in the south limited to Kotagiri and Mudumalai, Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu and Tumakuru, Karnataka
One can find these guys mostly in the outskirts of the cities.. We a lots of pigeons in Hyderabad so we them very often hunting small pigeons.
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Great shot Paresh
Thanks Guys... Keep sending suggestion .. need to improve..Cheers!!!
Isn't this Milvus migrans or Cheel...looks like one. A Kite I thought.
Handsome bird ! Paresh Dalal could you please complete the spotting with the scientific name and write something about the place - inner suburbs or outskirts ? under 'habitat'. Thanks.
Fantastic image Paresh! Thank you for sharing :)