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Old Wednesday 16th November 2011, 15:21   #1
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Flycatcher(?) in Bush at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe 2001

photographed in lodge garden so quite accustomed to people ... about the size of a sparrow
Would appreciate id as I can't find in my Ian Sinclair guidebook


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Old Wednesday 16th November 2011, 16:01   #2
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I cannot get to species (not book in hand at the moment), but it should be in the section of near-shrikes (Boubou, brubru, etc)

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Maybe a young Brubru (Nilaus afer minor)?

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Old Wednesday 16th November 2011, 19:01   #4
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Black-backed Puffback female type.
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