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    Dodoma, Tanzania: black and white bird

    Well, the first picture actually shows that there is a little bit of black below the bill. So it could be a sunbird after all.
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    Dodoma, Tanzania: black and white bird

    Thank you all for all the suggestions. I think the images are too bad to make a good decision. Best bets this far is either a black-headed apalis, or I misjudged the size and it is an eastern violet-backed sunbird. I'll wait whether it shows up again and will try to get better pictures. I have...
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    Dodoma, Tanzania: black and white bird

    We have eastern violet-backed sunbirds, and they are smaller.
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    Dodoma, Tanzania: black and white bird

    Yes, that would look similar. But according to the African Bird Club app, there are no black-and-white flycatchers in Tanzania, except the semi collared flycatcher, which looks very different. The fiscal flycatcher is said to only come up to the southern parts of Zambia, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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    Dodoma, Tanzania: black and white bird

    I saw this bird today in a bush outside our window. It's my first time seeing it, so I don't know what it is. It could be a black-headed apalis, but also something totally different. The images are all blurred because my camera was focusing on a twig, but you can still see the coloring. Anyone...
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