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.

The species

Classification

Order  : Accipitriformes
Family : Accipitridae
Species : Ovambo Sparrowhawk


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