Maddening warbler in Nigeria (1 Viewer)

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Dan drough

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• Jun 29, 2004

• #1

Took these pics on 01 Jan 2003 in Bonny Island, Nigeria (at the end of the River Niger, soputh of Port Harcourt).

Any well reasoned opinions will be much appreciated!

 

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Dan drough

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• Jun 29, 2004

• #2

Some more pics of the same bird.

If you need better quality or larger pics - let me know which one(s).

Thanks

 

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Dan drough

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• Jun 30, 2004

• #3

Forgot to say in the original post - I am not sure - is it a greenbul or a cisticola???

 

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Desertbirder

Jonathan Meyrav

• Jun 30, 2004

• #4

Hello Dan, I think I have an idea, I will be happy to get any of the better quality pictures or a larger image would do... thanks.

 

Rasmus Boegh

BF member

• Jun 30, 2004

• #5

Doesn't look anything like any Greenbul I've ever seen (or heard of). What about Cisticola? C. erythrops (Red-faced Cisticola) would be a good guess: plain whitish underside, rufous face, relatively plain wings (no rufous), underside of tail dark with pale tips - even habitat would be right...

 

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Dan drough

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• Jul 2, 2004

• #6

OK - here are the slightly improved versions of these pics (I hope!)

 

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CJW

Hit-and-run WUM

• Jul 2, 2004

• #7

Definitely a cisticola, can't say more than that. Sorry

 

Rasmus Boegh

BF member

• Jul 3, 2004

• #8

Well, as you probably know, at least the new photos seem to rule out Rufous-faced - it isn't rufous on the face (as I thought from looking at the first series of photos), but rather on the crown. Would have been nice to see some rufous in the wing, as it otherwise appear rather similar to the (admittedly few) non-breeding Singing Cisticola's I have seen further east...

 

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