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Malawi - various birds (1 Viewer)
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Valéry Schollaert
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I'd say Singing Cisticola
Thanks for all of your help. It's taking the frustration out of not knowing what the birds are. One bird which has frustrated me identifying is a bird that songs very early in the morning from a tree top. It's a song that has few repeated phrases and is very distinct and comical. The bird itself has a black head eyes and beak similar to that of a bulbul (I've not seen more than its head). After listening to songs of all birds with black heads from my bird book on xeno-canto I still can't find the song matching roughly what I heard. Any ideas? The locals say it alerts farmers if they sleep too long. The song is so unusual it has woken me up almost every morning but the bird is quick to move on and not to be heard until the following morning.
The locals call it Kanantengo (Chichewa Malawi) and a local has pointed it out in my book as possibly a Drongo.
The locals call it Kanantengo (Chichewa Malawi) and a local has pointed it out in my book as possibly a Drongo.
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Valéry Schollaert
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The bird that usually wake me up in Africa is the bulbul indeed. With dark head, why not Dark-capped Bulbul indeed ?
Valéry Schollaert
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As there's no Swamp Boubou in Malawi AFAIK, I'd say no...
