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Here's another that has me Could it possibly be a wattled starling beginning to moult? Seen at WCNP in early December 2012.

I think you are right arks... with the little yellow point beside the eye

Hi All,

Could you possibly ID this LBJ I photographed it in Letaba camp last December.



It was singing its heart out.

bondm UK

arks yours is definitely a Wattled Starling.

bondm, yours is a Tawny-flanked Prinia.

Tawny flanked prinia. How did you get him to keep his tail down?

Thanks once again Bush Baptist for your ID of my LBJ. I think I also have a photograph later in the trip at Panic Lake of a similar bird - this time with 'tail up'.

bondm UK

Thanks, MattAxel and anne-marie, for confirming my wattled starling

Here are a few more birds that have me

1. I'd thought at first that this was a female Cape weaver but the bill looks heavier, more like some sort of canary? Perhaps a canary molting from juvenile to adult? Seen at Strandfontein (Cape Town) in early December 2012.


2. This next one looks to be similar to that first one, but it was seen in my garden in Darling in late December 2012.




3. This one was also seen in my garden in Darling in late December and I haven't a clue what it might be!

Anyone???

The tail of canaries usually shows a notch, unlike your weaver. Look at some of the other weavers found in your home patch.

The second bird... try pg 292...

masked weaver then?


Thanks for pointing me in the right direction here but not sure if you mean my 2nd bird or my 3rd -- or are they both the same? Juvenile greater honeyguide? Still (very) unsure on this as it (or at least #2) might be a lesser honeyguide?

I saw this on Wednesday at Prince Alfred Road (midway between Laingsburg and Beaufort West) where we overnighted. It was alone, no calling, no wing flicking, simply quietly feeding. I couldn't get to see its rear so my question: Is it a Layard's Tit babbler (622) or A Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler (621)? I see both have the stripy front. There is a clear white eye. So perhaps the only way is from the rail or do the fundis have other tricks up their sleeves to help me out? (I also got a Fairy Flycatcher in the same bush - my first and what a beautiful bird!)

Here are two more LBJs that have me

1. This one I saw in the garden at Evita se Perron in early January 2013 and they're very poor quality as the bird was constantly moving. I think that it might be an African reed warbler?




2. I really haven't a clue about this second bird, which I saw at WCNP on 3 January 2013. Is it possibly a Cape penduline tit? (My other guess would be yellowbellied eremomela, but the green/olive, rather than grey, back makes me think it's more likely the tit?)

The warbler I cannot say, but the second bird is a Cape penduline-tit

Thanks SO much, Johan! That's my very first Cape penduline tit