Bird of Prey (Egypt)

[steve_b_wales]

I've just been sent this photo by a friend of mine who is on holiday in Egypt. It looks very similar to the one I saw back in September.

Is is a Lanner?

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by steve_b_wales

[peck]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanner_falcon

 

https://www.agefotostock.com/age/en/details-photo/european-kestrel-common-kestrel-falco-tinnunculus-avila-spain-europe/M31-1867856

Edited October 22, 2022 by peck

[ditchman]

handsome bird

[chrisjpainter]

This is a Kestrel, same as ours, although there are some colour morphs across its range, which can catch people out in thinking they're the altogether more unusual lesser kestrel. There are only very small pockets of populations in Egypt, so it's a good find there!

[steve_b_wales]

18 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said:

This is a Kestrel, same as ours, although there are some colour morphs across its range, which can catch people out in thinking they're the altogether more unusual lesser kestrel. There are only very small pockets of populations in Egypt, so it's a good find there!

I said Kestrel in an earlier post, but census of opinion pointed to a juvenile Lanner Falcon.

[chrisjpainter]

10 minutes ago, steve_b_wales said:

I said Kestrel in an earlier post, but census of opinion pointed to a juvenile Lanner Falcon.

Ah yes, I remember. Size is always a tricky thing to gauge, the juvenile lanner would be bigger. But the big clue is how streaked the chest is. Your other bird was much more heavily streaked on the chest with wider, more definite lines. 

[steve_b_wales]

6 minutes ago, chrisjpainter said:

Ah yes, I remember. Size is always a tricky thing to gauge, the juvenile lanner would be bigger. But the big clue is how streaked the chest is. Your other bird was much more heavily streaked on the chest with wider, more definite lines.