Birds seen in Botswana (1 Viewer)

[QuakerWildcat]

I've been going through photos taken on Safari this past June and have identified almost every bird shot but I am not confident about 6 of them. Hoping this wonderful community can help. I'll number them. Again, these were all in Botswana in late May/early June:

1) Are these Swamp Warblers, Reed Warblers, or perhaps something else? This was taken in the Jao concession near the top of the Okavango Delta.


2) Is this perhaps a juvenile Francolin of some kind? This was taken in the Linyanti concession near the Savute Channel.


3) Is this a Goshawk, perhaps? This was taken in the Chitabe concession near the bottom of the Okavango Delta.


4) Is this perhaps a juvenile Batelier? This was taken in the Chitabe concession near the bottom of the Okavango Delta.


5) Is this a Bittern? This was taken in the Jao concession near the top of the Okavango Delta.


6) Any thoughts on which type of vulture this is? White-backed? This was taken in the Chitabe concession near the bottom of the Okavango Delta.


and FWIW all the other bird photos are here. THANK YOU!

 

[tconzemi]

3. Juv Gabar
4. Yes Bateleur
6. White-backed indeed

 

[tconzemi]

1. Wattled Starling
2. Red-crested Korhaan
5. Rufius-bellied Heron

 

[QuakerWildcat]

1. Wattled Starling
2. Red-crested Korhaan
5. Rufius-bellied Heron

Amazing and 100x thank you.

 

[QuakerWildcat]

So glad I joined this forum. Priceless.

If interested, check out all my birds from this safari and let me know if I got any others wrong.

 

[THE_FERN]

So glad I joined this forum. Priceless.

If interested, check out all my birds from this safari and let me know if I got any others wrong.

your reed warbler is a cisticola

 

[QuakerWildcat]

your reed warbler is a cisticola

Thank you! I see it, now.
Do you think it's a Desert or a Zitting Cisticola? Tough with the light:

 

[Tomeitsparadise]

Thank you! I see it, now.
Do you think it's a Desert or a Zitting Cisticola? Tough with the light:

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I looks like Neddicky to me.

 

[THE_FERN]

I looks like Neddicky to me.

Could well be. Any other possibilities?

 

[tconzemi]

Black centered greater coverts, grey mantle with black streaks, all plain face and rufous on head and rufous wing panel all good for Levaillant's
Grey-backed and Rufous-winged other candidates, location please!

EDIT: Botswana, so forget these ones

 

[tconzemi]

Oooops
Botswana all!
Consider Chirping and Luapula
Both in the Delta

 

[Andy Adcock]

Suggesting that anything more than a 'narrowing down' of possible contenders is possible without vocalisations, in regard to many Cisticolas, is, IMHO, overly optimistic.

 

[Tomeitsparadise]

I looks like Neddicky to me.

I considered the small cisticolas, desert and zitting but yours looks too plain and not quite the right shape. The two tone beak seems to remove most of the species. So for me it’s neddicky.

 

[QuakerWildcat]

Thanks, all. The Cisticola photo was taken near the Savute Channel in the Linyanti concession. Neddicky looks and feels right.