Wakkerstroom area South Africa Oct 22 a (1 Viewer)

[49bentley]

Can someone please identify this bird? Taken in Wakkerstroom area South Africa Oct
Thanks
Chris

 

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Cape Canary

 

[49bentley]

The pic in my book is so poor I passed it without a second thought. Thanks Andrew.

 

[Butty]

What is your book?

 

[THE_FERN]

The pic in my book is so poor I passed it without a second thought. Thanks Andrew.

Use merlin at least. You shouldn't confuse this one...

 

[49bentley]

My book is BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Princeton Field Guide 5th edition.

 

[THE_FERN]

My book is BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. Princeton Field Guide 5th edition.

If you've bandwidth and haven't yet, download the Merlin pack. It'll be ~ GB and take time but valuable.

 

[49bentley]

Thanks The Fern. I have Merlin and use it, but find the pic recognition is poor for South Africa, as it was for Argentina.

 

[THE_FERN]

Thanks The Fern. I have Merlin and use it, but find the pic recognition is poor for South Africa, as it was for Argentina.

Yes I wouldn't rely on its automated image recognition (I never do), but the photos themselves are useful and especially so in combination with a field guide. You first have to narrow possibilities down, of course. Once I've done that I often forensically go through each possibility in the field guide and merlin in concert until I get a best guess.

 

[49bentley]

Thanks The Fern.