Weavers at Karonga/ Malawi 3rd of March (1 Viewer)

[bubo_bubo]

These images of Weavers were shot at the lake shore of Karonga in northern Malawi. I was thinking of Tanganyka Weaver. Scanning the images I'm not so sure anymore.

Thanks for ID to the experts. Sorry for the bad image.

Cheers

Johannes

 

[MacNara]

No experience of this area, and it falls between East Africa and Southern Africa books. So just to get the thread started.

1. Tanzanian Masked Weaver female? - great catch if so (obviously I have no experience of this)

2. Lesser Masked Weaver (see enhanced photo below for eye colouring)

3. Village Weaver.

 

[bubo_bubo]

Thanks a lot: Very helpful..

 

[Brian J Small]

Pic 2 (414): I don't think I have ever seen such a pattern of dark on the mantle/scaps of Lesser Masked; this is of course most likely on Village. Could exposure be making the bill look slimmer and it is in fact Village? I can't quite make out eye colour. As ever, we are trying to ID birds from sub-optimal images...

Pic 1 (435): a dark-eyed immature and again probably Village, with quite yellow underparts

 

[MacNara]

Pic 2 (414): I don't think I have ever seen such a pattern of dark on the mantle/scaps of Lesser Masked; this is of course most likely on Village. Could exposure be making the bill look slimmer and it is in fact Village? I can't quite make out eye colour. As ever, we are trying to ID birds from sub-optimal images...

Actually on looking closer the eye seems red in my adjusted photo. I was thrown by the lemon yellow colour of the OP's photo which is presumably some kind of artefact.

Pic 1 (435): a dark-eyed immature and again probably Village, with quite yellow underparts

Fine by me. I was just hoping for the OP that it was something more interesting.

So: three different Village Weavers.

 

[bubo_bubo]

Very good. Thanks a lot for clarification....