Ovambo Sparrowhawk - Accipiter ovampensis

Épervier de l'Ovampo

Ovambo SparrowhawkSecond year, identification
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.
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  • identification
  • Second year
  • Gavilán del Ovampo
  • gavião-da-savana
  • Ovambosperber
  • Accipiter ovampensis
  • Accipitriformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Accipitriformes
Family : Accipitridae
Species : Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Geographic range by countries


specie's pictures

by the author
all the pictures

The picture

O.Net ref. : stga50011
Author :
Plumage : Second year

Shooting

date : 2007 Aug
Country : Kenya (ke)
Region : Rift Valley Province
Place : Burrungat Plain Burrungat Plain
Lat. : 1° 26' 59'' South
Lng. : 35° 8' 59'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : Canon 1D mkII
Exposure : 1/500S s

aperture : F5.6

Focal length : 700 mm

Iso : 200

Flash : no