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Here's another of my puzzlers. I'm thinking that it's a female redbilled quelea, but it might also be some sort of female canary? Seen in KTP in March 2010.

Your Bird is a Female Shaft Tailed Whydah

But lets just get some confirmation from another expert first

I hadn't thought of that, but you're likely right as there was a male about as well ...

Hi

Can somebody help with the ID of this bird seen at KNP June 2010.The bird taken at lake panic bird hide.

Looks Like Red Faced Cisticola to me

The that confirms it Female Shaft Tailed Whydah

Thanks for the id my first impression was a warbler.

These two little birds really have me stumped, since I can find nothing that includes all these features: greenish/yellowish colour, white eye ring, heavily streaked breast/belly, yellow rump. I'd thought some sort of canary, but none seems to fit, or even sombre bulbul, perhaps a juvenile, but I'm really foncused ...

The birds were quite far away so these pix are very cropped. The birds were seen at Cape Point (Olifantsbos area) in March 2010.

Please can you please confirm the ID of this little chap seen in Kruger in Kruger.
I was thinking Tawny-flanked Prinia?

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KobusF- Red Faced Cisticola
Once you see warblers and cisticolas more you will see small, but prominent ID factors. In this case the short wings and long tail, as well as a bit of brown around the ear area, indicative of Red faced Cisticola

Arks- Forest Canary
The heavy streakin, yellow rump, and facial markings are all give aways

Elsa- Tawney Flanked Prinia
You can see he does not have any markings above thus ruling out Rattling Cisticola

That's cool, Batmad, but according to my Newman's, the forest canary doesn't occur as far west as Cape Point, so I'd not considered them. Still, we know that birds don't read those books and it was in an area with shrubby thickets (no "forests" at Cape Point ).

This would be a new tick for me, so if someone else could weigh in and confirm that these are indeed forest canaries, if a bit out of range — or has their range perhaps expanded west?

Arks- There range has expanded west, in many of the new guides it shows this, they are also not restricted to forest's I know someone who regularly see's them at Cape Point

Thanks, Batmad. With that reassurance, I will add the new tick