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My daughter found this 26 cm long feather while having a walk on a mountain area located in north of Spain. She's curious (now me too) about which bird it belongs to.

Most easily seen big birds here are kites and kestrels but there's a wide variety of raptors around this area so it could be anything.

Would be grateful for any ID help 😊

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Tim 1y ago

Do you have raptors? Reminds me of a hawk feather.

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dankey 1y ago

Yep all kind of raptors. Thnx I will do some research about hawk feathers

Tim 1y ago

This is a Western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Depending on the time of year, raptors have different color phases.

dankey 1y ago

Nice bird 😍

After some research on www.featherbase.info (I didn't know about this site yesterday) seems to fit buzzard (buteo buteo) and red kite (milvus milvus) feathers description, pattern and size.

Milvus milvus (red kite)

Buzzard (buteo buteo)

dankey 1y ago

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Both look very similar. There's a slight difference on the stripes width.

Thank you both for the help 🧡

Stu 1y ago

Great info there.

Now I can see them side by side, it looks more like a red kite than a buzzard.

🔍

dankey 1y ago

Yep, that slight difference on the stripe's width... I vote for red kite too

Tim 1y ago

Search owls and buzzards also, I noticed some light variations in both.

dankey 1y ago

Seems to be too big for a hawk