Kenyan birds from July this year (1 Viewer)

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Aliks

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #1

First bird - not sure which Lark - is it Fischer's Sparrow Lark?
The second could be a juvenile seedeater
Third was taken just before sunset at Naro Moru River Lodge, possibly a juvenile
Fourth was in Kakamega forest - which woodpecker is this?
Fifth was at Naro Moru

All help much appreciated, apologies for the poor quality of the shots.

 

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Andy Adcock

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #2

2 Looks like a wet, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher?

3 Is a Bulbul

5 Snowy-headed Robin Chat?


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Aliks

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #3

Regarding bird 5 - the Helm's guide says the snowy headed Robin Chat is found over in W Kenya, and the White Browed in found in the East - its hard to see from the photo but are you ruling out the White Browed?

 

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Tom

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #4

Aliks said:

Regarding bird 5 - the Helm's guide says the snowy headed Robin Chat is found over in W Kenya, and the White Browed in found in the East - its hard to see from the photo but are you ruling out the White Browed?

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so much white should be better for White-browed but surely a difficult picture

 

Andy Adcock

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #5

tconzemi said:

so much white should be better for White-browed

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Do you mean Snowy-headed?

White-browed shouldn't look like this?

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tconzemi

Tom

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #6

andyadcock said:

Do you mean Snowy-headed?

White-browed shouldn't look like this?

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but if the bird is turning the head the super looks as if on the top, Snowy-headed has very restricted white on the top of the head

 

Andy Adcock

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• Oct 22, 2017

• #7

tconzemi said:

but if the bird is turning the head the super looks as if on the top, Snowy-headed has very restricted white on the top of the head

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This bird ha a whole lot more than would be expected on White-browed?





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Valéry Schollaert

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• Oct 23, 2017

• #8

First bird is a bishop/widowbird, not a lark. I would guess Yellow Bishop as a possibility, but not identifiable imo.

The woodpecker is very probably a Brown-eared W. Back and head pattern as well as range all match.

This robin-chat photo is too blurred for proper analysis, but why you guys don't consider Rueppell's Robin-Chat as a possibility?

http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/picpages/pic142-158-2.html

 

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jenks86

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• Oct 24, 2017

• #9

#2 has been ringed. Any further photos?

 

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Aliks

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• Oct 25, 2017

• #10

More of the ringed bird

Another photo, slightly different angle

Juvenile White eyed Slaty Flycatcher is the best guess so far.

For additional info, the photo was taken at or near Thomson Falls

 

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jenks86

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• Oct 25, 2017

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Aliks said:

Another photo, slightly different angle

Juvenile White eyed Slaty Flycatcher is the best guess so far.

For additional info, the photo was taken at or near Thomson Falls

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That's what it looks like to me. Unfortunately the view of the ring is on the join on that photo. So no further info can be gained, although its almost certainly a bird that is from the local area, a ring number would have established that for certain.

 

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Aliks

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• Oct 26, 2017

• #12

Ring Number

This photo gives a better view of the ring number.

 

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