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Photo Information |
Copyright: manaswi jain (manaswi27)
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Genre: Animals |
Medium: Color |
Date Taken: 2016-01-10 |
Categories: Birds |
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX60 HS |
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/320 seconds |
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Photo Version: Original Version |
Date Submitted: 2016-01-11 7:23 |
Viewed: 1160 |
Points: 2 |
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White-eyed buzzard
The white-eyed buzzard (Butastur teesa) is a medium sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus Buteo, found in South Asia. Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe bordered. The head is brown and the median coverts of the upper wing are pale. They lack the typical carpal patches on the underside of the wings seen in true buzzards but the entire wing lining appears dark in contrast to the flight feathers. They sit upright on perches for prolonged periods and soar on thermals in search of insect and small vertebrate prey. They are vociferous in the breeding season and several birds may be heard calling as they soar together.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Butastur
Species: B. teesa
Binomial name
Butastur teesa
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- lousat
(65489) - [2016-01-12 12:53]
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Hi Manaswi,a beautiful face to face with this buzzard,we can see in the best way its white eyes from this point of view,excellent sharpness and natural colors too.have a nice day and thanks,Luciano