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ID help - South Africa (1 Viewer)

rezMole

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Help please with a handful of birds I'm unsure of:
 

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not certain, but first 2 look like ashy flycatcher (if bluish colour is correct).
3 is a drongo. Despite fact we can't see a strong tail fork, I think this is fork-tailed drongo rather than common square-tailed. I suspect the tail is abraded.
4 is (southern) female ant-eating chat (short tail, hint of white near wing bend
 
not certain, but first 2 look like ashy flycatcher (if bluish colour is correct).
3 is a drongo. Despite fact we can't see a strong tail fork, I think this is fork-tailed drongo rather than common square-tailed. I suspect the tail is abraded.
4 is (southern) female ant-eating chat (short tail, hint of white near wing bend
Thanks. Thought the first was either Ashy or Pale. Was also unsure of the chat (Mountain wheatear was also one of my thoughts, but other pics I took of Mountain wheatear didn't quite match). I can never tell the difference between Square and Fork-tailed drongo.
 
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