Ralph Timmermann
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Good morning everybody,
I am currently archiving the images from an earlier trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and I seem unable to identify this elegant specimen with Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. I don't think it's a Forc-tailed Drongo (or is it?), I think it's too elegant to be a Black Crow, but too "strong" to be a cuckoo; then I was going for starling but could not find a match; and besides I cannot do anything with the two stripes on the wings near the shoulder. I am not sure about its size, but the thorntree may give an indication. So what can it be?
Picture taken on 16 November 2011 at about 5 pm in the Nossob Valley, roughly 10...20 km north of Twee Rivieren.
Thanks for helping me and best regards,
Ralph
I am currently archiving the images from an earlier trip to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park and I seem unable to identify this elegant specimen with Newman's Birds of Southern Africa. I don't think it's a Forc-tailed Drongo (or is it?), I think it's too elegant to be a Black Crow, but too "strong" to be a cuckoo; then I was going for starling but could not find a match; and besides I cannot do anything with the two stripes on the wings near the shoulder. I am not sure about its size, but the thorntree may give an indication. So what can it be?
Picture taken on 16 November 2011 at about 5 pm in the Nossob Valley, roughly 10...20 km north of Twee Rivieren.
Thanks for helping me and best regards,
Ralph
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