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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Valéry Schollaert" data-source="post: 3270418" data-attributes="member: 75148">In my experience of little-known birds, most of the time, when we find one, we know; when we hesitate, it is the common species option. But there are exceptions. According to actual knowledge, Fox's is supposed to be related to Speke's. I've seen a lot of them in Tanzania, and the bird didn't recall me Speke's in shape, it looked thinner and smaller. In the other hand, I've been checking hundreds of weavers at close range from the boat, and this bird was the first I saw from the road. He was high in a Acacia tree, so I might have under-estimated the size. After he had flew away, I just found some Village Weavers, and they also looked smaller than usual in my eyes. So I guess in my story, size is not reliable at all.Finally, what is disturbing me is: back not dark or contrasted enough, and beak not strong enough compare to... what I imagine the bird to be. But I might be wrong (hope to be...). :-C</blockquote>