We can ID this raptor as a Eurasian Hobby as follows:
- Long, slate-gray (see third photo for color), pointed wings
- Dark head contrasting strongly with whitish cheeks, chin, throat and neck sides; also whitish eyebrows (see third photo)
- Darkish below
- Bold streaking on breast and belly
- Rufous undertail-coverts and vent
- Barred undertail
The Eurasian Hobby is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 968.
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