Lake Manyara, Tanzania, October (1 Viewer)

[monkir]

IDs please. Again not great photos. 1 ? out of colour Whydah 2&3 ? Cisticolas

 

[MacNara]

Again, I have lightened the photos to help with ID.

I think Photo One is not a Whydah but a Widowbird or Bishop. I wonder if it might be a female White-winged Widowbird? We saw these at Tarangire. What males did you see at Manyara?

The other two photos - same bird, I think - is a Lark; and although it's a bit dull, I think it has to be Rufous-naped given the location and the bill size.

Always open to correction, of course.

 

[monkir]

Thanks very much! MacNara - we didn't see any male Widowbirds or Bishops at Manyara. Birding was quite disappointing to be honest

 

[THE_FERN]

I think black bishop fits: the wide pale supercilium and (more importantly), the pale crescent under the eye.

 

[monkir]

Thank you!!! It looks like it does fit!