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Tricky birds Angola (1 Viewer)
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KenM
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Your not alone stavrouchris
...FWIW I'm looking at images 3 and 4...and feel that one might be forgiven...for suggesting Oenanthe moesta...but am unsure that they range that far South?Cheers
cossypha
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Hello
Unfortunately haven't got my Birds of Africa field guide with me, but best I can do without it is this:
1. Eremomela sp. It would help to know where in Angola these were taken.
2. Dusky Lark?
3,4. Looks like a Familiar Chat
5. Is a juv. waxbill/mannikin. Leaning towards Mannikin, but not sure about species...
Hope this is some help
Unfortunately haven't got my Birds of Africa field guide with me, but best I can do without it is this:
1. Eremomela sp. It would help to know where in Angola these were taken.
2. Dusky Lark?
3,4. Looks like a Familiar Chat
5. Is a juv. waxbill/mannikin. Leaning towards Mannikin, but not sure about species...
Hope this is some help
Valéry Schollaert
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1 - Yellow-bellied Eremomela
2 - "Large-billed" Sabota Lark (Bradfield's Lark)?
3 - Familiar Chat
4 - No idea !!
2 - "Large-billed" Sabota Lark (Bradfield's Lark)?
3 - Familiar Chat
4 - No idea !!
stavrouchris
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Sorry, I forgot to mention area and habitat.
They were taken just north of Lobito on coastal waste-land with few scattered trees.
I also had 1 as Yellow-bellied Eremomela.
I have seen Sabota larks in the area before but that one looked very strange.
3 also suspected Familiar Chat.
4 still s mystery?
They were taken just north of Lobito on coastal waste-land with few scattered trees.
I also had 1 as Yellow-bellied Eremomela.
I have seen Sabota larks in the area before but that one looked very strange.
3 also suspected Familiar Chat.
4 still s mystery?
stavrouchris
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Tib78
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Hi Chris,
Tricky IDs indeed and as I have yet to visit Angola I am afraid I won't be of much help.
The lark has me stumped! The very white pattern of the greater and median coverts reminds me of only one other species of lark: Barlow's lark. But we are way out of range and the rest of the bird doesn't fit. Perhaps it's just a Sabota/Bradfield's as Valéry suggests, but it does not look right to me, though it may just be because of the way the bird is posing. Any more pics?
Try to send a private message to Trevor Hardaker (BF member) and ask him to answer in the thread please, as I am curious to know what he will come up with.
The last bird is either a juv Firefinch or a juv Waxbill. More pics would help, but even then I am not sure anyone will be able to give you a positive ID. Very difficult birds in juv plumage!
Edit: No pic attached in your last post!
Tricky IDs indeed and as I have yet to visit Angola I am afraid I won't be of much help.
The lark has me stumped! The very white pattern of the greater and median coverts reminds me of only one other species of lark: Barlow's lark. But we are way out of range and the rest of the bird doesn't fit. Perhaps it's just a Sabota/Bradfield's as Valéry suggests, but it does not look right to me, though it may just be because of the way the bird is posing. Any more pics?
Try to send a private message to Trevor Hardaker (BF member) and ask him to answer in the thread please, as I am curious to know what he will come up with.
The last bird is either a juv Firefinch or a juv Waxbill. More pics would help, but even then I am not sure anyone will be able to give you a positive ID. Very difficult birds in juv plumage!
Edit: No pic attached in your last post!
Valéry Schollaert
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Tib,
I check in bird books, no lark is supposed to have such wing bars. So I decided to "forget" that detail, and it is how I found Sabota/Bradfield's the least unlikely, thus I'm far to be sure, hence the question mark...
I check in bird books, no lark is supposed to have such wing bars. So I decided to "forget" that detail, and it is how I found Sabota/Bradfield's the least unlikely, thus I'm far to be sure, hence the question mark...
5 looks a bit like a juv Bronze Mannikin, but I have no idea about range in Angola.
stavrouchris
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Tib78, if bird 5 is a familiar chat, is 3 also a familiar chat??
stavrouchris
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I think thare is some confusion with the numbering. Pictures 3 & 4 are the same bird (familiar)
pic 5 is a mannikin
but the next 2 pics? also familiar chat?
pic 5 is a mannikin
but the next 2 pics? also familiar chat?
