Rufous Bellied Eagle

[Bibhav Behera]

We were extremely lucky to sight this bird near Top Slip in Parambikulam.
According to Grimmett and Inskipp, this bird is found only in a few places in the western ghats, Assam and Sri Lanka.

This is slightly cropped.

Canon 1000D, 300 f/4 +1.4x
SS 1/500 (Manual Mode)
f/5.6
ISO 400

[Amit Kalele]

Surely you are lucky to have a nice record of this beautiful raptor

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Pretty steep angle. It seems you moved around to choose a different place than Nikhilesh. What is that black patch at the top left frame edge? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Praveen Siddannavar]

Nice catch Bibhav.
tfs

[Bibhav Behera]

I was on the other side of the vehicle opposite where Nikhil was standing and I chose a vertical to avoid the leaves. Did have to crop a sliver from the right and bottom for a bit of included leaves. The black part in the top right corner is part of the tree.

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. The eye contact is nice. The vertical composition also looks good. Some more space at the bottom than at the top would be good. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Cant ask for more.This is such a rare bird.You should celebrate this Bhibav....also let us all know where and when :D