'ol ba

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འོལ་བ
black horse [RY]

milvus korschun lineatus gray [JV]

1) mouse hawk [ne le, ping kyur ma]; 2) mouse- hawk colored horse (/ [black or dark [yellowish] brown] [IW]

(sman) Black kite (Milvus migrans) (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)
Synonyms : ne le (Jam-dpal) tsalli, ne le, ping kyur, 'o le ma (dGa' ba'i rDo rje 1995)

'ol ba ni/ ne le ste/ rje rin po ches 'jigs byed kyi phyag mtshan du bya chen po 'di yin par bshad/ lha khang mkhar ba sogs su gnas pa klag pa nas chung smug po mgo dkar sgra ngan pa'o// pin byar ma zer ba yin/ rgyud las/ mthus za ba'i rigs su bshad// (mDzes mtshar mig rgyan, print p 241)

Illustrations : Jam-dpal (print p 241) 'ol ba. dGa' ba'i rDo rje (1995) ill. 824

'ol ba and ne le, used by different authors, are basically synonymous and denote the Black Kite, thought to be the most abundant species of day-active raptors worldwide.
David Holler (tibetbirds.com) applies 'ol ba to the Black Kite, and ne'u le to the Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius). It is the largest of all Himalayan buzzards, breeding in the mountains from Nepal and Bhutan to Mongolia and Siberia.
Johannes Schmidt (talk) 15:07, 21 February 2024 (EST)