Birds having fun at our water tap (1 Viewer)

[HinzundKunz]

Hello everyone. Today I took some pictures of birds at our water tap. I can identify most of them: House sparrow, Village Indigobird (some females, some males changing color right now), Reichenow's Seedeater, Green-winged Pytilia, Blue-capped Cordon Bleu, Vitelline-masked weaver, Black-necked Weaver, African Silverbill, White-eye (either pale our southern yellow), Bulbul.
But there are a few I don't recognize. Can someone help me with them? Thanks a lot!

 

[HinzundKunz]

And yes, I live at a nice spot. Today I saw (and heard) over 20 different species without even leaving my house! ;-)

 

[MacNara]

Is it possible for you to take one or two of the photos into Photoshop or similar, and draw a circle around the birds you say you can't identify. Otherwise how are we supposed to know what you are asking about?

 

[HinzundKunz]

The two birds in the grass in image DSC04898.JPG (they are also in DSC04897 and DSC4903). They are slightly bigger than the others (although smaller than the bulbuls). They kind of look like scrub robins or robin chats, but they lack the wing markings for the red-backed scrub robin (their backs look more like a weaver), and they lack the bright orange for the white-browed robin-chat (and I don't know yet how big those are, so I can't compare the size).
They have just moved into our farm recently, maybe a couple of weeks now since I first saw them.

 

[HinzundKunz]

I have added arrows to point out the birds...

 

[MacNara]

Thanks. I think they are Streaky Seedeaters.

 

[HinzundKunz]

Are those bigger than Reichenow's Seedeater? Because they are around as well...

 

[MacNara]

Are those bigger than Reichenow's Seedeater? Because they are around as well...

Yes - Reichenow's 11cm; Streaky 14cm

 

[Bewick]

Thats a fantastic collection of birds.

 

[MacNara]

A great collection of birds, by the way. Greatly missing Africa; with an annual trip for ten years, thanks to covid, it's been almost five years without any foreign travel. Hopefully next year, when my wife retires and the world will be calmer?!

By the way, in your list of birds in your garden, you missed the African Blue-flycatcher - see below.

 

[Indobirder]

in your list of birds in your garden, you missed the African Blue-flycatcher - see below.

I think this is plastic used to try and make the hose connection better?

 

[MacNara]

I think this is plastic used to try and make the hose connection better?

My comment was a joke!

I think it's just water!

 

[HinzundKunz]

Thanks everybody for your replies.
The unidentified birds have been identified as Eastern Black Bishops in non breeding plumage.
The day before yesterday I could see 39 species of birds over the course of the day, most of them without even leaving my house. I love it!