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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MacNara" data-source="post: 3421021" data-attributes="member: 23290">Well, I've looked and looked at the weaver-like birds, and I can't find anything that strongly matches.I've never seen Parasitic Weaver, but in your photos, we can see one or two bills, and they are pinkish not black, and stubby but not grosbeak-like, which is what the books show for Parasitic. Also, the heads and backs appear brownish with a yellow chest and strong yellow rump and tail. This seems to be not yellow enough for the male Parasitic, and much too yellow for the female.Here is a link to <a href="http://carnivoraforum.com/topic/10325473/1/" target="_blank">a good picture of a mixed m/f group of Parasitic Weavers</a> (scroll down).The light is very blown in the photo, so it's difficult to be sure of the 'real' pattern on these birds. I have no confidence, but I wonder if it might be a flock of female (and juvenile) Yellow-crowned Canaries? Location is OK for around Manyara, the book says they are found in flocks, the pattern and colouring (including pink bill) seem to match better than for Parasitic (which doesn't seem to have the yellow rump which stands out). And in one photo, there is a much yellower bird at the top, which could be a male (we can't see its head).Anyway, the birds don't look like Parasitic Weavers to me. I can't find anything that definitely fits. The photos aren't that clear but it looks to me that we can see enough of the pattern that someone with more experience than me would be able to tell at a glance. Let's hope one of these experts shows up on the thread. Yellow-crowned Canary in bright light is the best guess I can come up with.</blockquote>

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