Martial Eagle, immature

Tarangire National Park
October 2014

Could it be the pale form of Wahlberg's eagle (aquila wahlbergi)?

Considered that, but it has no yellow cere, and the dorsal view isn't the way it should be.

Have also considered Booted Eagle and Martial Eagle - not happy with them either.

One more idea from me, possibly a juvenile/immature imperial eagle (aquila heliaca)?
I've had a good look through Collins Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern Africa and I can't find a really good match.

Tawny Eagle?

Juvenile Imperial Eagle is brown underneath with heavy streaking and a solid black tail.
Tawny Eagle is brown underneath and has a yellow cere.

The bird above has no coloured cere, and if you look closely at the underwing and tail you will see there is faint barring.

I'm using Stevenson & Fanshawe's Birds of East Africa and Zimmerman, Turner and Pearson's [/I]Birds of Kenya & Northern Tanzania. As Laughing Dove says, it's hard to find a really good match.

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

it's an immature Martial Eagle in my opinion.

The book I am using is Birds of Southern Africa - I'll pull up the reference if you are interested - but it suggests a range of colours for Tawny Eagle including one which is light coloured underneath - but I agree about the cere.

A tough one, but a good challenge.

Immature African Fish Eagle?

tawny eagle doesn't just have a yellow cere, the whole gape is yellow. Fish eagles do not have barred tail or wing feathers.