Marc Suller
Well-known member
Would be very grateful for help in identifying these birds.
Photo 1: Taken at Selous. My feeling is a compact weaver but according to my field guide (Stevenson and Fanshaw ; Birds of East Africa) are not present here.
Photo 2 : Selous. Perhaps a winding cisticola. Had a curious behavior of walking around and jumping straight up into the air.
Photo 3 : Tarangire car park. The main bird in question is the mating pair (and single one back right). They seem to be Somali Sparrows but again are out of range according to the book. The larger sparrow is either a grey headed or Swahili sparrow, and the other smaller species Chestnut Sparrow.
Photo 4 : Not sure what the bird to the right of the (suspected) Somali sparrows is. I was wondering whether it might be female red headed weaver but not sure about the bill colour.
Photo 5 : Taken at Serengeti but haven't a clue
Thanks, Marc
Photo 1: Taken at Selous. My feeling is a compact weaver but according to my field guide (Stevenson and Fanshaw ; Birds of East Africa) are not present here.
Photo 2 : Selous. Perhaps a winding cisticola. Had a curious behavior of walking around and jumping straight up into the air.
Photo 3 : Tarangire car park. The main bird in question is the mating pair (and single one back right). They seem to be Somali Sparrows but again are out of range according to the book. The larger sparrow is either a grey headed or Swahili sparrow, and the other smaller species Chestnut Sparrow.
Photo 4 : Not sure what the bird to the right of the (suspected) Somali sparrows is. I was wondering whether it might be female red headed weaver but not sure about the bill colour.
Photo 5 : Taken at Serengeti but haven't a clue
Thanks, Marc