Tanzanian shrike at Sereena Lodge Ngorangora in November (1 Viewer)

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Garrulous Jay

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• Mar 30, 2024

• #1

First timer in E. Africa and having difficulty sorting my shrikes/fiscals/boubous etc. It doesn't look like the Tropical Boubou shown in Stevenson and Fanshaw but they say that there is a race which has a shorter white bar restricted to the wing coverts. The other candidate which is illustrated as having only a high wing bar is the Black-backed Puffback. Help please!

 

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Butty

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• Mar 30, 2024

• #2

It's one of the fiscal shrikes. The book will show. (I guess you mean Ngorongoro.)

 

Brian J Small

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• Mar 30, 2024

• #3

Northern Fiscal

 

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Garrulous Jay

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• Mar 30, 2024

• #4

Ngorongoro, sorry! So I'm now looking at the fiscal page. The Common Fiscal has "white scapulars forming an obvious V on the back". Long-tailed and Taita seem to have grey on the back... That's why I discounted them, but I bow to your more local knowledge. Please can you be more specific?

 

Valéry Schollaert

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• Mar 30, 2024

• #5

Garrulous Jay said:

Ngorongoro, sorry! So I'm now looking at the fiscal page. The Common Fiscal has "white scapulars forming an obvious V on the back". Long-tailed and Taita seem to have grey on the back... That's why I discounted them, but I bow to your more local knowledge. Please can you be more specific?

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As said by Brian, is a Northern Fiscal (formerly Common Fiscal, now split in two species, Northern and Southern). As you excluded correctly Long-tailed and Taita, it seems you've got your ID done now.

 

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Garrulous Jay

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• Apr 2, 2024

• #6

Thanks. I have a few more to firm-up. For example is this bird on the tree branch, a Citril? It, was "with" the other bird of which I can find no description in my guide book which fits a female or juv Citril. (The unstreaked individual with no obvious supercilium). They were in the Arusha NP in early November

 

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Butty

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• Apr 2, 2024

• #7

(Less confusing to start a new thread in such cases, but never mind.)
The first is a finch, which someone smarter than me will have a go at. The second is a weaver with a big bill, which means village weaver is a good place to start.

 

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Garrulous Jay

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• Apr 3, 2024

• #8

Thanks.

 

njlarsen

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• Apr 3, 2024

• #9

Here is a link to the Ebird bar charts for this lodge. Should help you narrow down the choices. As I have never been there, you need confirmation but check southern citril

https://ebird.org/barchart?r=L3486909&yr=all&m=

Niels