Raptor Others

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Raptors of Singapore

A1 12 Jun 2022

FE 200-600/5.6-6.3 G

GM 600/4. 10 Sept 2022

Manfrotto Series 190

Berlebach Report 8013

GHFG1. 14 Dec 2021

WH-200II. 29 Jun 2024

Black Baza

A small, black and white raptor with long erect crest. Head and upperparts mostly black, with prominant white patch on breast and chestnut barring on belly. Undertail coveryts black. In flight, wings appear broad, rounded at the end, abd narrower at the base. Black undertail and underwings coverts most visible in flight.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

A6400, Changi Business Park Bus Termina, 4 Feb 2021

f8 1/500. @600mm, ISO 800, MT190CXPRO3/BHQ2

f8 1/3200. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Sungei Pang Sua, 14 Mar 2023

Amur Falcon

Male resembles adult Peregrine Falcon but is smaller and has diagnostic red eyering, cere and feet, pale grey underparts and rufous-chestnut vent. Female has dark streaked underparts, barred uppertail-coverts and buffy white vent. Juvenile resembles female but has pale yelow eyering and cere.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

f8 1/1600. @600mm, ISO 1600, Punggol Promenade Nature Park, 4 Dec 2022

Japanese Sparrowhawk

A small raptor, similar to Chinese Sparrowhawk. Adult male grey on upperparts and white on underparts with faint orange barring on breast. Adult female has dark barrings on the breast. Young birds have dark brown upperparts with breast streaking and belly barrings. In flight, wings lack black tips to primaries, unlike Chinese Sparrowhawk, and tail shows broad dark terminal band.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

f8 1/3200. ISO 1250, GM 600. TC 1.4x, S Buloh Wetland Reserve Platform 1, 11 Nov 2022

f8 1/3200. ISO 1000, GM600 TC1.4x, Eagle Point, 12 Dec 2023

Crested Serpent Eagle

An unmistakable medium size raptor with distinct black crest and yellow face. Plumage dark brown, with spotting on breast and belly, tail black with broad central band. In flight, underwing coverts brown with conspicuous black and white banding on flight feathers and tail. Juveniles are brown, with finely streaked white underparts and two white bands on black tail. Critically endangered resident raptors.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah

f8 1/640. SO 800, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 24 Sept 2022

f8 1/1600. ISO 2500, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 24 Sept 2022

f5.6 1/2500. ISO 1600, GM600 TC1.4x, Woodlands Waterfront, 2 Dec 2023

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

A medium size, highly variable raptor, sometimes confused with Crested Honey Buzzard. Pale morph birds are light brown on the head with a small crest, dark brown on the wongs and white on the underparts with bold streaking to the belly. Dark morph birds are uniformly dusky brown. In flight, note broad wings slightly tapered at base.

Reference: Birds of Singapore by Yong Ding Li and Lim Kim Chuah