GAME: name that bird!

[kittykat23uk]

try this one.

[Jochen]

OMFG (sorry).

 

a Lark? But which one??

 

No. Wait. I take that back. A Robin.

 

Ehm...

 

White-Browed Scrub-Robin?

Edited April 4, 2011 by Jochen

[Jan]

Jochen, I've just looked it up, and I agree.

 

 

Jan

[kittykat23uk]

Well done Jochen! You are correct it is a White-browed Scrub-robin.

[Jochen]

Gonna have to stop answering cuz I'm running out of good pics myself.

 

Easy one...

 

Peep!

[inyathi]

Nice shot Jochen is it Fischer's lovebird?

[twaffle]

On my monitor it's a white question mark on a blue background … not sure of the scientific name.

[Jochen]

Nice shot Jochen is it Fischer's lovebird?

 

Agapornis fischeri, indeed. Your turn!

 

J.

[inyathi]

Gonna have to stop answering cuz I'm running out of good pics myself.

 

Since you're running out of pics Jochen I thought maybe I should go for a really hard one but then I changed my mind a bit and decided to go for one that might be quite hard but not too hard, I think.

 

Edited April 6, 2011 by inyathi

[JohnR]

Looks like the woodland kingfishers I saw in the Mara-Serengeti but it has an all red bill. My guess is a mangrove kingfisher.

[inyathi]

Yes absolutely right, mangrove kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides over to you John

Edited April 8, 2011 by inyathi

[JohnR]

OK. Here's one:-

 

[kittykat23uk]

Guessing Fork-tailed drongo?

[JohnR]

It's not perfectly positioned to see the shape of the tail but I'm pretty sure you're right.

 

Over to you...

[kittykat23uk]

How about this one:

 

[inyathi]

Another nice photo, it took me a good while to work this one out, I’ve not been to the right part of Africa so I’ve never seen this bird but I’m pretty sure it’s a white-throated robin-chat Cossypha humeralis

[kittykat23uk]

You are right! I took this in camp when we were on the Olifants trail in Kruger. Edited April 12, 2011 by kittykat23uk

[inyathi]

How about this little chap?

 

[Jochen]

Speckle-fronted weaver. Nice!

[inyathi]

Yes taken in Ruaha, over to you Jochen

[Jochen]

OK...

 

[Jochen]

OK that was a joke. How about this one (think I did not post this one yet) :

 

[kittykat23uk]

African Paradise flycatcher, Female. Not sure about the other one. Maybe Lilac breasted roller?

[Jochen]

African Paradise Flycatcher: correct!

 

That first one; I don't know either

[inyathi]

Jochen I wonder if your first bird could be something like a white-crowned shrike as it looks like it’s the right shape for a shrike, have you tried brightening it with Photoshop or similar software? It may not improve the photo but it might reveal enough colour and detail to identify the bird. It’s amazing how what looks just like an entirely black silhouette can sometimes be transformed in to a brightly coloured bird.