Juvenile Southern Pale Chanting goshawk (Melirax canorus) sitting on a mature Prickly Pear Cactus tree (Cactaceae) on the Kersvlakte in Namaqualand, S

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Juvenile Southern Pale Chanting goshawk (Melirax canorus) sitting on a mature Prickly Pear Cactus tree (Cactaceae) on the Kersvlakte in Namaqualand, South Africa.

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Photo credit: © Heidi Visser / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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