Unidentified Raptor near Warrnambool last year

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RogerM
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Unidentified Raptor near Warrnambool last year

Last year I took these two photos of a raptor at Tower Hill, (an extinct volcano basin near Warnambool). I thought it might be a whistling kite? I didn't see it flying long enough to notice any other features. Can anyone help?

Roger

timrp
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Little Eagle white morph

Edit:  It is a Whistling kite as zosterops said.

zosterops
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am i crazy or is this indeed a whistling kite

based on

apparent weakness of bill

rounded unbarred tail

and 

unfeathered leg 

timrp
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Your not crazy, it is indeed a whistling kite.

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