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Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)

Sex; no knowledge. Age; possible adult (if the species follows the ageing process as in e.g. B.buteo, rufinus and lagopus, with e.g. as an adult having black/very dark trailing edge to all primaries and secondaries). Subspecies; none (if we treat the southern taxon as a full species). Udzungwa Mts, July 2007. Copyright@; Louis A. Hansen. This photo shows parts of the species upperparts with the species diagnostic "window" on the primaries (it is this feathers which have creamy bases).

Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
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