Bonus, South Africa (1 Viewer)

[opisska]

Finally, the most sought for prizes for the ID masters: the barely IDable smudges at the far end of the reach of the camera! A two-post collection of barely avian creatures on which you can sharpen your skills to a next level!

1 - Etosha, Namibia
2 - Ngepi Camp, Caprivi strip, Namibia
3 - Chobe riverfront, Botswana
4 - Maun, Botswana
5 - Moremi, Botswana

 

[opisska]

6 - Moremi, Botswana
7 - northern Kruger, SAR
8 - Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique
9 - Tsehlanyane, Lesotho

And that's all folks, thanks for tuning in

 

[arcadillor]

1.lark like bunting
4.garden warbler
5.chirping cisticola
6.yellow throated bush sparrow
7.yellow bellied greenbul
8.pale flycatcher？
9.long billed lark
others unknown

 

[opisska]

1.lark like bunting
4.garden warbler
5.chirping cisticola
6.yellow throated bush sparrow
7.yellow bellied greenbul
8.pale flycatcher？
9.long billed lark
others unknown

Thanks! Garden warbler is funny, just did not occur to me it could be it Are you sure with the Chirping Cisticola? Would be our only one, but the photo doesn't seem convincing to me ...

Are you also sure the Lark is Long-billed and not Large-billed? I failed to find any depiction of Long-billed with a crest!

 

[arcadillor]

Thanks! Garden warbler is funny, just did not occur to me it could be it Are you sure with the Chirping Cisticola? Would be our only one, but the photo doesn't seem convincing to me ...

Are you also sure the Lark is Long-billed and not Large-billed? I failed to find any depiction of Long-billed with a crest!

the cisticola has uniform，not so rufous unstreaked head，streaked back，I think chirping is best option

and I'm sorry its a mistake，that bird is a large billed lark Galerida magnirostris
its Chinese name means long billed
so I had confused。。。。

 

[Andy Hurley]

2 Maybe a juvenile Babbler?
3 could be a Sabota
5 not sure that you can rule out Rattling. I would expect Chirping to have more buffy underparts, even in such a bleached photo. The local Rattling race, frater are paler than their eastern relatives
6 Yellow throated Petronia EDIT: sorry, just noted that yellow throated bush sparrow is alt nameo:eat:
9 Looks more Large(thick) billed than long billed, doesn't look rufous enough to me EDIT: just saw arcadillor's correction, so I can understand the confusion

 

[opisska]

Thanks for more input! So I think we will leave the Cisticola undecided (if it is Rattling, it is not interesting, we have other very nice photos of a clear Rattling) and the Large-billed Lark is now clear and is a new species for us.