Kenya, January 2025 - Weavers, Canaries & Sunbirds (1 Viewer)

[JayFeatherPL]

Hello,
Could someone confirm these birds' ID?
Kenya, January 2025
Amboseli NP, Lake Nakuru NP, Masai Mara Reserve
Numbering in the top right corner

1-2. Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)? Or maybe Vitelline Masked Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)?
3-5. Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata)? Or maybe White-bellied (C. dorsostriata)? How to separate them?
6-7. Taveta Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)- females?
8-16. Also Taveta?
17. Unidentifiable sunbird female?
18. Unidentifiable sunbird female?
19-21. Identifiable?
22.Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)?

And by the way, are females of weavers and sunbirds identifiable to a species or is it impossible? If even guide books don't bother about comparing them, I think it is not possible.

 

[THE_FERN]

Canary is yellow-fronted. Others have more like grosbeak bills, different face patterns

 

[THE_FERN]

(suggest using [e.g.] gimp curves tool to bring up colours, details. Otherwise the dark images +/- unidentifiable, at least with certainty)

 

[JayFeatherPL]

(suggest using [e.g.] gimp curves tool to bring up colours, details. Otherwise the dark images +/- unidentifiable, at least with certainty)

Thanks. I tried brightening the images, but guess they're still not bright enough...I'll try to edit them today again

 

[MacNara]

Here are some of the dark images brightened. I think most of these should be identifiable, but at the moment I'm not up to trying.

 

[THE_FERN]

Perhaps lesser masked for the pale-eyed weaver

 

[JayFeatherPL]

Thank you! And do you know an answer to the question about weaver and sunbird females?
Are females of weavers and sunbirds identifiable to a species or is it impossible? If even guide books don't bother about comparing them, I think it is not possible.

 

[THE_FERN]

Thank you! And do you know an answer to the question about weaver and sunbird females?
Are females of weavers and sunbirds identifiable to a species or is it impossible? If even guide books don't bother about comparing them, I think it is not possible.

It is possible in some cases. Unfortunately, I'm unconvinced the illustrations I've seen always help. So pay close attention to Macauley images.

 

[JayFeatherPL]

The image 21 hasn't uploaded. Here it is:
(think it's the best photo of that specific bird I have)