Michael´s Second Year

[Peter Connan]

Ah, thanks for the explanation @michael-ibk.

 

I just put everything on a spreadsheet. It's been the only way I could find to keep from posting doubles...

[michael-ibk]

501/ZZ166.) African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus) / Zimtspornpieper

 

Busanga Plains, 13/10

 

[michael-ibk]

502/167.) African Yellow White-Eye (Zosterops senegalensis) / Senegalbrillenvogel

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10

 

[michael-ibk]

503/168.) African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp) / Witwenstelze

 

Konkamoya Lodge, 7/10

 

[michael-ibk]

504/ZZ169.) Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) / Schwarzstirnwürger

 

Busanga Plains, 14/10

 

[michael-ibk]

505/ZZ170.) White-Crested Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus) / Weißschopf-Brillenwürger

 

Mana Pools Floodplains, 20/10

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

506/ZZ171.) Retz´s Helmetschrike (Prionops retzii) / Dreifarben-Brillenwürger.

 

Mana Pools Floodplains, 21/10.

 

[michael-ibk]

507/ZZ172.) Black-Backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) / Schwarzmantel-Schneeballwürger

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10

 

 

And here I finally understood the name:

 

[michael-ibk]

508/ZZ173.) Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major) / Boubouwürger

 

Konkamoya Lodge, 8/10

 

 

-/ZZ174.) Orange-Breasted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus) / Orangebrustwürger

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10

 

 

-/ZZ175.) Grey-Headed Bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti) / Graukopfwürger

 

Pioneer Camp, 6/10

 

[michael-ibk]

509/ZZ176.) Meve´s Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) / Mevesglanzstar

 

Mana Pools, 18/10. All over the place.

 

 

It really wouldn´t have been very difficult to get a Greater Blue-Eared (very common in Kafue) but I waited for a good shot - which never came to pass.

 

-/ZZ177.) Violet-Backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) / Amethystglanzstar

 

Southern Kafue, 9/10. A female.

 

[michael-ibk]

510/ZZ178.) Yellow-Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) / Gelbschnabel-Madenhacker

 

Busanga Plains, 14/10.

 

 

-/ZZ179.) Red-Billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythrorhynchus) / Rotschnabel-Madenhacker

 

Mana Pools, 22/10

 

 

Another bird family I overlooked - I was lucky to have some accidental shots of them.

[michael-ibk]

511/ZZ180.) White-Bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris talatala) / Weißbauch-Nektarvogel

 

Pioneer Camp, 6/10

 

 

-/ZZ181.) Scarlet-Chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) / Rotbrust-Glanzköpfchen

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10

 

 

And a female from Konkamoya Lodge, 8/10

 

[michael-ibk]

512/182.) Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) / Ziernektarvogel

 

Pioneer Camp, 6/10

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by michael-ibk

[michael-ibk]

513/ZZ183.) Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) / Waldnektarvogel

 

Konkamoya Lodge, 8/10. Very similar to Variable but breast band is narrower and bill not as curved.

 

[michael-ibk]

514/ZZ184.) Yellow-Throated Petronia (Gymnoris superciliaris) / Kapsteinsperling

 

Musekese, 10/10

 

[michael-ibk]

515/ZZ185.) Southern Grey-Headed Sparrow (Passer diffusus) / Damarasperling

 

Kanga Camp, 23/10 (the birds in front) and Mana Pools, 18/10

 

 

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by michael-ibk

[michael-ibk]

516/ZZ186.) Holub´s Golden Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) / Safranweber

 

Southern Kafue, 7/10

 

 

-/ZZ187.) White-Browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali) / Weißbrauenweber

 

Mana Pools, 22/10

 

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517/ZZ188.) Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis) / Brillenweber

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10

 

[michael-ibk]

518/ZZ189.) Southern Masked Weaver (Ploceus velatus) / Maskenweber

 

Lake Itezhi Tezhi, 8/10

 

 

-/ZZ190.) Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) / Dorfweber

 

Pioneer Camp, 17/10. Very similar but (in this area) the entire head is black, no yellow crown like the Masked.

 

[michael-ibk]

519/ZZ190.) Red-Billed Quelea (Quelea quelea) / Blutschnabelweber

 

Mana Pools, 18/10

 

 

 

I´m not quite sure about this one - Quelea or non-breeding Village Indigobird? (Same location, same date). The bill does not look red enough to me.

 

Edited December 17, 2017 by michael-ibk

[michael-ibk]

520/ZZ191.) White-Winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) / Spiegelweber

 

Kanga Camp, 23/10. All these non-breeding WidowWhydahthings are an ID nightmare but these (the birds with the yellow hues, note the two ones on the right in the second picture) look distinctive enough.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

521/ZZ192.) Long-Tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) / Schmalschwanzwitwe

 

Kanga, 23/10. The black and white head pattern is distinctive, and I think the breast colour rules out Broad-Tailed Paradise Whydah and the Indigobirds, Pin-Tailed Whydah would not have a black bill.

 

[michael-ibk]

522/ZZ193.) Purple Indigobird (Vidua purpurascens) / Purpurwitwe

 

Dhumukwa Camp, Mana Pools, 17/10. I remember that´s what Doug thought it is, and it seems like a good fit.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

523/ZZ194.) Cut-Throat Finch (Amadina fasciata) / Bandamadine

 

Mana Pools, 19/10

 

 

-/ZZ195.) Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullatus) / Kleinelsterchen

 

Kanga Pan, 23/10

 

[michael-ibk]

524/ZZ196.) Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis) / Blauastrild

 

Pioneer Camp, 6/10