Namibia Etosha NP - Jan 2019 - 8 (1 Viewer)

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 20, 2019

Two more to confirm.

1- Looks like a female Bishop or Widowbird but cannot find a distint identification , the closest i get is Fan Tailed Widowbird , yellow Bishop also looks good by in my Sasol , however this is not a area they should be seen.

2-Booted Eagle , buff morpf

tconzemi · Feb 21, 2019

Bishop and Widowbird females are a nightmare
second is Tawny Eagle

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 21, 2019

Thanks Tom.

MacNara · Feb 22, 2019

For number one, according to Sasol, the only possibilities in Etosha are Southern Red Bishop and Yellow-crowned Bishop. Yellow-crowned Bishop female has very strong upper chest streaking (some online photos show less) and a dark eyeline; Red female shows weaker streaking and no strong eyeline.

So I would go for female Yellow-crowned Bishop. (I can't add my own photos because I have lots of shots of a male from Kenya, but no female.)

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 22, 2019

MacNara said:
For number one, according to Sasol, the only possibilities in Etosha are Southern Red Bishop and Yellow-crowned Bishop. Yellow-crowned Bishop female has very strong upper chest streaking (some online photos show less) and a dark eyeline; Red female shows weaker streaking and no strong eyeline.

So I would go for female Yellow-crowned Bishop. (I can't add my own photos because I have lots of shots of a male from Kenya, but no female.)

MacNara , i guess you right , just look at my pictures as the specie have been introduced in Portugal around 20 years ago and now it,s common in some areas. ( see pic attached )

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 22, 2019

On the other end , i have now tried to register the yellow bishop in Ebird and does not show up as a common specie , instead the Southern Red Bishop is a regular bird there .
So i wonder if this could be a female red.

Larry Sweetland · Feb 23, 2019

Macnamara suggested Yellow-crowned not Yellow. Yellow-crowned does occur at Etosha. (This isn't a comment reply the I'd!)

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 23, 2019

Larry , thanks for the attention to the details , you right my mistake as i mean to say Yellow Crowned Bishop , not yellow bishop.
Still Ebird show it as rare in Etosha.

RafaelMatias · Feb 23, 2019

RogerioRodrigues said:
Larry , thanks for the attention to the details , you right my mistake as i mean to say Yellow Crowned Bishop , not yellow bishop.
Still Ebird show it as rare in Etosha.

But it does look good for Yellow-crowned Bishop, especially the facial pattern with pale yellow anterior part to the supercilium. I wouldn't say those two Bishops (the one from Namibia and the one from PT) are necessarily females, they look a bit bulky and could well be eclipse plumaged males (which tend to have brighter head plumage than females, also); the one from PT is certainly an eclipse plumaged bird. The OP Bishop doesn't look very good for Southern Red Bishop (especially the facial pattern, as said).

RogerioRodrigues · Feb 23, 2019

RafaelMatias said:
But it does look good for Yellow-crowned Bishop, especially the facial pattern with pale yellow anterior part to the supercilium. I wouldn't say those two Bishops (the one from Namibia and the one from PT) are necessarily females, they look a bit bulky and could well be eclipse plumaged males (which tend to have brighter head plumage than females, also); the one from PT is certainly an eclipse plumaged bird. The OP Bishop doesn't look very good for Southern Red Bishop (especially the facial pattern, as said).

I guess you right , well i will register it as Yellow-crowned Bishop.

Thanks

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