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Djibouti - 01 January 2018 (1 Viewer)

jmtully

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Caught a glimpse of this, turned to look and it flew off. It was too far to get a good look at and the attached picture is the only one I managed to snap before it flew off out of sight.

I lean toward a female sunbird (like my last post here) but that's really a guess. If forced I'd go with female Nile Valley Sunbird, they're not uncommon here, the bill shape seems to match, and while it looks like this bird has a white supercilium, it's not as big as it should be on a Shining Sunbird. Basically, I'm stumped.
 

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It's definitely a female sunbird. If the books are right all you have are Shining and Nile Valley in Djibouti. I think you are quite correct with female Nile Valley (small supercilium, yellowish not white underneath).

(Brightened photo attached.)
 

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