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  1. Hillevandam

    who can help me with this one? This moth is found in farm bush/ deteriorated tertiary rainforest.

    This moth is found in the east of Sierra Leone West Africa.When seated, the front wing is folded so it looks like a curled up leaf. If you have an idea as to what family or genus this is please reply too everything helps to narrow down the search.
  2. Hillevandam

    Who knows somebody with some knowledge of West African moths?

    Who knows somebody with some knowledge of West African mothsThere are no books available as far as I know and I have a few hundred photographs that I would like to identify.
  3. Hillevandam

    is this a moth or some type of hopper?

    This insect is found in the east of Sierra Leone West Africa. Usually I encounter it sitting on less than 1meter from the ground but that maybe coincidence. It seems not to be too particular to specific vegetation as long as there is enough shadow and undergrowth. If this is a moth, I would like...
  4. Hillevandam

    Is this a tessman's flycatcher?

    Saw this bird in the area near my house in Kwidadu Kono District in the east of Sierra Leone w.Africa. If this is a Tessman's Flycatcher, it is 50-100 km outside its small distribution area in the south-east of Sierra Leone. Who can confirm or come up with a different ID for this bird?
  5. Hillevandam

    Is this a moth?

    This creature sat on the outside of the window of my livingroom in Kwidadu in the east of Sierra Leone (w. Africa). It is about 8mm. If it is a moth, to what family does it belong? I am well aware of the fact that only about 10% of the African insects have been described so even if you are not...
  6. Hillevandam

    Warbler like bird in my garden, ID?

    On April 10 I saw this small bird in my garden in Kwidadu in Kono district Sierra Leone w.Africa. I do't know what happened to the back of the head. Over exposure, wind or baldness? Who can help me with the id. ?
  7. Hillevandam

    who can help ID this young bird

    Found on the edge of a rice swamp in Kono district in the east of Sierra Leone w. Africa. The behaviour of the birds (4 or 5 in the same shrub) looked like fledglings to me. Beeping a lot as if waiting on feeding.
  8. Hillevandam

    Juvenile weaver

    On 30 November I saw this weaver near Kwidadu in the east of Sierra Leone (w.Africa) could this be a juvenile veillot's black weaver or is it something else?
  9. Hillevandam

    Slender billed greenbul?

    On 2 March I saw this bird across the road from my house in Kwidadu in the east of Sierra Leone(w.Africa). My first guess is slender billed greenbul but I don't think it can be because there are not too many large trees anymore in the area and this one sits not more than 3m high in a bush. Swamp...
  10. Hillevandam

    Tinkerbird?

    On 8 March I saw this bird in a tree near my house in Kwidadu in the east of Sierra Leone (w.Africa). It may be a tinkerbird but I can't see the white markings in the face. Who can help me?
  11. Hillevandam

    Salagena transversa??

    I saw this moth in my house in the east of Sierra Leone w.Africa two weeks ago. I guessed right away that it is a metarbelidae but as there are 7 species of which only one has got photos on the web I had to go by names. As this one has got lines across its wings, transversa could be the logic...
  12. Hillevandam

    My patch is your patch, is our patch, is here

    New in Sierra Leone, just on a trip? Feel welcome to join me here for birding, entomology or botany or just whatever else moves around in wi yon Salone. I 've been around for about 20 years here and have still loads of mystery pictures but also the key to solving some of your mysteries maybe. I...
  13. Hillevandam

    is this a juvenile honeyguide greenbul?

    On Dec 1 I saw this bird in the tree opposite my house in Kwidadu just north of Koidu in the east of Siera Leone w. Africa. The white outer tail feathers do not match the grey backed Cameroptera, though all the other colours do. Could it be a juv. honeyguide greenbul? The picture in my birdbook...
  14. Hillevandam

    cardinal, widowbird or what?

    seen on 25 Feb in Koindu, Kailahun district in the east of Sierra Leone, w. Africa What species is it? and what do I have to look for, to be able to identify the different non- breeding or female birds like this one.
  15. Hillevandam

    What bug is this

    I found this strange looking insect in my house in the east of Sierra Leone w. Africa. As a matter of fact it is hiding itself under a pile of chitin shields coming from agama lizard droppings( held together by cob web(??)) that it carries on its back. I managed to undo it from the rubble with a...
  16. Hillevandam

    what sunbird female is this

    This photo was taken from my front porch in Kwidadu in the east of Sierra Leone w.Africa on 29 Dec. Female sunbirds are definitely not my expertise, for some species the males already give me a hard time. I had my house built without a basement, I thought! Day before yesterday I found out that I...
  17. Hillevandam

    Flycatcher?

    On Nov 20 I saw this small bird in the tree in my yard in Kwidadu just north of Koidu in the east of Sierra Leone w. Africa. It looks like a flycatcher to me but I can't make my choice between 4 of the ten grey flycatchers flying around in this country. I am not too near water in a rolling...
  18. Hillevandam

    what weaver could this be?

    This photo was taken Jan.30th in Koindu Kailahun in the extreme southeast of Sierra Leone w. Africa. In the range of similarly colored females, the orange weaver comes closest but I am 5km from the nearest big river and 300km from the coast. Can compact weaver females be this yellow?
  19. Hillevandam

    ortolan bunting?Kailahun east Sierra Leone w. Africa

    Due to an unavoidable leaf in the foreground the head is not very clear. If it is really greenish it could be a ortolan bunting but then the belly looks too brown to me. who can give a verdict.
  20. Hillevandam

    Tessmann's Flycatcher? Kailahun East Sierra Leone w.Africa

    Saw this flycatcher at the edge of a rice swamp. Could be either Ashy or Tessmann's flycatcher in this area. Who can tell me why it is the one and not the other?
  21. Hillevandam

    Flycatcher? Kailahun, east Sierra Leone, w. Africa

    Saw this bird beginning of February just south of Koindu. It behaved very much like a flycatcher. flicking its tail, using this bamboo stick as a perch diving at insects on the ground. It is about the same size as a pied flycatcher and rather gregarious.
  22. Hillevandam

    Flycatcher? Kailahun, east Sierra Leone, w. Africa

    Saw this bird beginning of February just south of Koindu. It behaved very much like a flycatcher. flicking its tail, using this bamboo stick as a perch diving at insects on the ground. It is about the same size as a pied flycatcher and rather gregarious.
  23. Hillevandam

    what Estrildid is this? Kailahun, East Sierra Leone Wafrica

    If it were only black it would have certainly been one of the four indigobirs occurring here, but this has the looks of a female that has bathed in coal tar. who can help me out?
  24. Hillevandam

    Two lycaenidae but what species

    These two lycaenidae butterflies both live on the edge of a rice swamp in the undergrowth of the adjourning farm bush with mango, orange, cola nut and oil palms. The up side of both is not often seen while seated. these are the best I could find among the photos I made. The wingspan of both is...
  25. Hillevandam

    smokey wingtips

    Can somebody tell me if the smokey wingtips are a distinct feature to identify a species or if this feature can happen in any species as a optional extra to confuse the amateur entemologist? I see it in one Orthretum species here but I cannot find species with both these colours and the smokey...
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