White Eye Buzzard

[Shailendra Patil]

This slim and small sized hawk is easily identified by its white iris to the eye and the white throat and dark mesial stripe.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

You can post a larger image with the longest side at 800 pixels and the total size of the image below 200kb.

A head turn towards you would have enhanced the eye contact. In my opinion the copyright notice is too intrusive and distracts.

Scientific Name: Butastur teesa

I checked the Salim Ali book for some additional details:
Habits: Affects dry open country and thin deciduous forest; avoids humid and densely-wooded tracts. Rather sluggish. Perches on dry trees, telegraph posts, etc., and swoops down on its prey.
Food: Locusts, grasshoppers, crickets and other large insects as well as mice, lizards and frogs.

Both sexes alike.
Nesting: principally february to May. Nest: A loose, unlined cup of twigs like a crow's up in the fork of a thickly foliaged tree such as mango, preferably one in a grove. Eggs - 3, greenish white broad ovals of a faily smooth texture. Both sexes share nest building and feeding young; female alone incubates.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Mrudul Godbole]

Sharp image. Nice perch. A bigger image would be good to comment. The details are nice. Thanks for the information. Where did you photograph this?

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Nice sharp image. Some more head turn would have been good. Good lighting.
Agree with Sabyasachi abt the copyright notice.

[Shailendra Patil]

i took this image at Tadoba National Park, Chandrapur

[Shailendra Patil]

thanks sir, for your quick reply & details of this bird.

[Bibhav Behera]

Nice sharp image. I would have liked it better had you placed the bird off centred towards the left.

[Priya Vinay]

Nice light and image.