A
female
Shikra feeding of a dead baby chicken
at Delhi National Zoological Park. This bird is pale grey above, with dark
primary tips, and patterned whitish below, i.e. a white vent, face and
throat, with faint grey mesial streaks, and dense narrow rufous-orange bars
on the breast and belly. Being a female, this one has yellow eyes and the
upperparts show a faint brownish wash.
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