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unknowns from tanzania (1 Viewer)
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
I'd start with local Euplectes options
nikothomsen
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Thanks Larry, I think you are on to something. Most frequently reported are Zanzibar Red Bishop
nikothomsen
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
probably a passerine! :smoke: Blimey Niko, what on earth is that?
nikothomsen
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Haha, yeah i'll grant you that. Closest i've come in coloration alone is Black Coucal (but I know it's not)
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
If I was forced to have to guess, by a gang of armed thugs, I'd go for something that's actually all black, eg (if it's in the Usambaras) Waller's, Kenrick's or Black-bellied Starling...or maybe a Southern Black Flycatcher or one of the all black boubous at a push. But more than happy, (verging on the ecstatic) to be wrong.
EDIT just seen Tom's post...hmmm, maybe it's not all black then
EDIT just seen Tom's post...hmmm, maybe it's not all black then
nikothomsen
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Well done Tom. Could still be a Tropical Boubou no?
AlinoVegano
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It would rather be Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus), because of range and lack of wing bars.
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Indeed, also called East Coast Boubou,.... if it's a boubou...
nikothomsen
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Bill seems to slender for boubou i think
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
I think so too, but not easy to tell here
nikothomsen
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Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Right, that settles it. I'm going down the pub.
nikothomsen
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Haha, combine Usambaras with a shitty photographer and you never know what'll turn out!
AlinoVegano
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Juvenile for sure... Long-billed, probably?
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
How about (crazy I know) something like Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird for post#4?
How about female Mocking Cliff Chat for the bird in #4?
As Tom points out, the undercarriage seems to be red also, and this chat seems to have a red back, at least in some photos. The bill shape and other details seem to me to fit. And according to Stevenson and Fanshawe, it would be in the location.
As Tom points out, the undercarriage seems to be red also, and this chat seems to have a red back, at least in some photos. The bill shape and other details seem to me to fit. And according to Stevenson and Fanshawe, it would be in the location.
