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MacNara

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• Jan 9, 2010

• #1

If anyone can identify any of these, I'd be grateful. They are poor shots of fairly dull birds, but yet someone who knows the area might be able to say what they are.

Thanks for looking, anyway.

 

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M

MacNara

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• Jan 10, 2010

• #2

Thanks for those who helped with the Uganda raptors.

Are any of these smaller birds identifiable, or should I just can the shots?

 

bitterntwisted

Graham Howard Shortt

• Jan 10, 2010

• #3

I could have a punt at IDing some to family level, but these are a pretty tough set. Don't give up yet. There's a few expert members who aren't on every day who might be able to help.

Graham

 

birdboybowley

Well-known member.....apparently so ;)

• Jan 10, 2010

• #4

Hey Mac - be useful to know whereabouts the diff shots were taken

 

M

MacNara

Well-known member

• Jan 11, 2010

• #5

birdboybowley said:

Hey Mac - be useful to know whereabouts the diff shots were taken

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OK:
1, 2 and 3 were taken at different times (i.e. they are not the same individual bird) in the northern half of Queen Elizabeth National Park, western Uganda (near Mweya).

4 was taken in Ishasha in the southern half of Queen Elizabeth National Park, western Uganda.

I think 5 is just a Sand Martin with a low neckband (Mweya).

There were two more pictures taken at Bwindi in western Uganda which I attach to this post.

And that really is the lot from Uganda.

Thanks for any help.

 

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bitterntwisted

Graham Howard Shortt

• Jan 11, 2010

• #6

## BUMP ##

No-one having a punt at these?

Graham

 

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Jan 11, 2010

• #7

For a Punt

I think 1 - is a Little Greenbul, 3 - a phylloscopus, probably Willow Warbler (when was it taken?), 4 - a Hunters/Chubb's Cisticola and 5 - a Banded Martin

 

M

MacNara

Well-known member

• Jan 12, 2010

• #8

1. Little Greenbul: Little greenbul shot nearby a little earlier. I thought this was a different bird, but I guess not.

3. Taken on 28 December at Mweya near Lake Edward, so a Willow Warbler would fit.

4. This was taken at Ishasha in the south of Queen Elizabeth National Park, and so Chubb's Cisticola would fit the distribution map in Stevenson and Fanshawe (Birds of East Africa). However long I looked at the books, I would never have had the confidence to identify this.

5. I don't know how you can tell the difference between a Banded Martin and a Sand Martin from this picture with the wings closed. There were Sand Martins in the area, but quite possibly other species as well.

Thanks a lot.

Any comments on the other two pictures I posted in the middle of the thread? They look easier to do.

 

rockfowl

Mark Andrews

• Jan 12, 2010

• #9

You could be right about the Martin, it's difficult from this tiny image. I was going on jizz, the wings look broader than longer and the tail rather square ended, but I couldn't be sure.
The last two appear to be Grey-headed Sparrows.

 

M

MacNara

Well-known member

• Jan 12, 2010

• #10

rockfowl said:

You could be right about the Martin, it's difficult from this tiny image. I was going on jizz, the wings look broader than longer and the tail rather square ended, but I couldn't be sure.

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Thanks for that.

rockfowl said:

The last two appear to be Grey-headed Sparrows.

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Ha, ha! I guess they are. The grey-headed sparrow seemed to be the most common bird in Uganda. For some reason, I thought the colouring was different in these two, but that seems to have been wishful thinking.

Thanks very much for looking at all these.