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Accipiter badius
A one legged Shikra? Juveniles have dark streaks and spots on the upper breast and the wing is narrowly barred while the tail has dark but narrow bands. They have short rounded wings and a narrow and somewhat long tail.
Seen near cultivated fields.
My previous spotting of a juvenile Shikra: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/861...
Spotted on Nov 25, 2012
Submitted on Dec 2, 2012
2 Comments
Thank you :-)
Beautiful pose!!