tf1044x said:Anyone know what this is from Gambia
Docmartin said:Are you doing this to annoy me? Sure I already id'd this one, and your Tawny-flanked Prinia, on earlier threads.
Mos's reply is quite convincing, actually.tf1044x said:Sorry guys, not very convincing with four out of five different answers, but thanks anyway.
cuckooroller said:tf,
Not Heliolais, not C. cantans. It is certainly a Cisticola sp. Where exactly in Gambia, and what kind of habitat?
Mos said:Based on tf's above reply, I have to retrace. Red-faced won't occur away from
water but Red-winged Warbler would, and there are hardly any alternatives to
consider.
Steve G said:Brufut consists of open mature woodland with scrub & secondary growth; there is also a small permanent course of freshwater nearby as well as small (women's) gardens & the village compounds. The whole area encompasses a few differernt habitats that would reasonably be expected to hold a few species of Cisticola.
C cantans, ruficeps & lateralis have all been seen there -probably along with other species.
The habitat, hearing the bird call, & the appearance are all taken into account in reaching an accurate ID with Cisticolas so I suppose we will struggle with this single (albeit good) image.
Steve G said:Given the place (Brufut -The Gambia), habitat (overgrown village compound) & the fact it seems to have almost chestnut-coloured panels on the wings I think this is Whistling Cisticola (C. lateralis).
On a separate note did you stay in Brufut tf1044x? & Have they managed to get proper hides sorted, with a 'gatekeepers' hut & decent waterholes?
Steve G said:Hi Trev. Thanks for the reply & link to a great report.
I was in The Gambia for 2 weeks in late Nov-early Dec. Like you we went up to Georgetown but did a fair bit of the trip by boat -the section of river between Kuntaur & Georgetown is stunningly beautiful with lots of good birds including African Finfoot, Black Coucal, African Pygmy Goose,etc. My wife isn't a birder & as the upriver trip involved a bit of rough we spent the second week at Makasutu which proved to be a real birding revelation > Green-headed Sunbird, Finfoot, White-backed Night Heron & lots of raptors (including Martial Eagles over the swimming pool!) amongst many other goodies. Some of the pictures are in my gallery & some of the details re Makasutu can be seen @ www.gambiabirding.org/sight.html#Makasutuaut05