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Location

Near Chivay, Arequipa Province
Peru

Metadata

Make Nikon F50
Lens Nikkor AF 28-200 mm f/3.8-5.6   at 200 mm
Exposure not available  
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Agula Dutch  Grijze Arendbuizerd
Italian  Aquila poiana pettonero Spanish  Aguila Mora

Comments

Near the Colca valley, a local villager had attached a rope to this huge Buzzard-Eagle (measuring about 60 in) and was showing it to the crowd, as illustrated in the next photo. Note the pale upper wing coverts.




 

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    15/07/1999

Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle
Geranoaetus melanoleucus
Buse aguia

Micheline JACQUEMIN