Juvenile Fish Eagle?

[Ken Watkins]

We were told by our guide that this is an Osprey our village experts think otherwise.

Probably far too much of a crop, the bird was across the Ruaha River.

Taken in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania 6th September 2010

EOS 1D MkIV

500mm F4 IS hand-held from open game viewing vehicle

F6.3, ISO 800, 1/1250

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

This looks nothing like an Osprey to me Ken. Some other species for sure mate. Would have been nicer with a better HA. It's a great record shot though! :)

[Johan Kruger]

I wont bet money on my guess, but i think its an Augur buzzard (as found in tanzania), link : http://travel.mongabay.com/tanzania/images/tz_1966.html

[Gary Hamilton]

The augur buzzard gets my vote too. Here is a link to a slide show including an image quite similar to yours. http://www.arkive.org/augur-buzzard/buteo-augur/

[Ivan Sjögren]

I have never been birding in Africa so I don't have any experience of the bird, but I don't think this is a buzzard. An Augur Buzzard doesn't have a bill like that, this is one heavy bill like an eagles. Also a juvenile or sub-ad augur have yellow bill base this bird have dark. I think it's an juv. African Fish-eagle like Ken and the village experts say. Here's an picture on a juv African fish-eagle: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.arkive.org/media/13/1382BCAE-F525-41B0-94D2-19EAF3E2E9B9/Presentation.Large/photo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.arkive.org/african-fish-eagle/haliaeetus-vocifer/image-G34441.html&usg=__GfSJOPgTtbn6OsN6QfcolFYAnIQ=&h=432&w=650&sz=66&hl=sv&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=eMCcrM5xPFkXRM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=180&prev=/images%3Fq%3Djuv%2BAfrican%2BFish-eagle%26um%3D1%26hl%3Dsv%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dcom.micr osoft:sv:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7ADBS_sv%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D 560%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=677&vpy=82&dur=671&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=181&ty=113&ei=QE-8TIfJPM7KjAessqSzDg&oei=QE-8TIfJPM7KjAessqSzDg&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:0

Nice image. Beautiful light, and good controled black/whites, just some small overexposition on the foot. TFS

[Johan Kruger]

Ivan I definately think you right and im wrong, colors also looks similar to this juvi http://www.pbase.com/ronniedp/image/59003433