Unknown birds in Uganda (April 2017) (1 Viewer)

[whatBirdIsThatAus]

Sorry for the multiple postings - I didn't realise it was Ok to ask for help for multiple birds in the one post (ID attempts from Birds of East Africa but a 15 year old edition....)

1) is this a male Northern Brown-Throated Weaver? (at The Boma, Entebbe, Uganda)

2) A male ??? weaver? Nothing quite matches because of leg colour/eye colour/ etc (at The Boma, Entebbe, Uganda)

3) Is this a Little Egret? (at Ngamba Island, Lake Victoria, Uganda)

4) is this an African Dusky Flycatcher? (at Mahogany Springs Lodge, near Bwindi, Uganda)

5) is this a Black-crowned Waxbill? (Ooops! This one was sighted in Rwanda, at Mountain Gorilla View Lodge sorry)

 

[Bird Hard 2]

I'll leave the first two to someone more qualified on weavers than me.
3. Little Egret
4. juvenile Klaas’s cuckoo
5. Looks like a Black-crowned Waxbill to me.

 

[AlinoVegano]

The weaver is Northen Brown-throated.

Not sure for the cuckoo, if this is Klaas' or Emerald.

Agree on the waxbill and egret.

 

[andyb39]

Surely the weaver in no. 2 is not the same species as in no.1, Alino?

 

[dwatsonbirder]

Also Northern Grey headed sparrow in background of 1 & 2?

 

[AlinoVegano]

Also Northern Grey headed sparrow in background of 1 & 2?

yes indeed :t:

 

[AlinoVegano]

Surely the weaver in no. 2 is not the same species as in no.1, Alino?

I didn't open it, thought same bird. Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus, not Village Weaver)!

 

[whatBirdIsThatAus]

After a bit of googling I found another BirdForum thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=164579 which mentions white behind the eye and if I blow up my very-ordinary photo (4) I can see a smidge of white so for the sake of my trip photo book I am happy to call it a juvenile Klaas cuckoo

Thanks so much again - you've all stopped me going crazy with confusion over weavers and sunbirds et al!