Various IDs - Maasai Mara NR (Kenya) (1 Viewer)

[tzmonster]

I've just finished reviewing photos from my July trip this year, and I have a handful of species that I'm battling to identify:

1 & 2) Juvenile cuckoo? I'm stumped here.

3 & 4) Yellow spotted bush-sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita)?

5 & 6) Another sparrow sp?

7) Southern black flycatcher?

8 & 9) Heron sp?

Thanks in advance!

 

[tconzemi]

juvenile Greater Honeyguide
Yellow-spotted Petronia or Bush-sparrow is correct
Black Flycatcher looks Northern, don't know what occurs in Maasai Mara
Striated Heron

 

[tzmonster]

Thanks, Tom. Bird checklist for Masai Mara (http://www.exoticbirding.com/kenya/masai-mara/checklist.html) also says Northern for the black flycatcher, but it eBird shows records for both, so not sure if that's definitive. Will go with Northern for now.