Zvezda & Alex Part V: The Hare Strikes Back

[xelas]

BY 320 / UG 285

Black-headed Gonoloek - Laniarius erythrogaster

 

QENP - Mweya sector, 15-Feb-2020

[Galana]

https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=338896

Well when your read this is it any wonder my eyebrows go up?

These bright sparks don't even know that Lake Manyara is not in Kenya!!

 

"The Northern Fiscal was previously combined with the Southern Fiscal to form the Common Fiscal. The two species can be mutually found in Angola, Tanzania, and Zambia. Northern Fiscal can also be found north of these countires and Southern Fiscal can also be found south of these countries. Where the species overlap, DNA analysis can be used for differentiation."

 

I saw you struggling at times with a heavy Camera so perhaps Zvezda was carrying the DNA Kit?

Nice photos!

[xelas]

I am happy also with Southern Fiscal. This is where I am getting my names:

 

https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/shrikes/

 

I have omitted the subspecies name .

[xelas]

BY 321 / UG 286

Brubru - Nilaus afer

 

Lake Mburo, 27-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 322 / UG 287

Northern Puffback - Dryoscopus gambensis

 

Kyambura gorge, 16-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 323 / UG 288

Pink-footed Puffback - Dryoscopus angolensis

 

Bwindi - Buhoma, 18-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 324 / UG 289

Brown-crowned Tchagra - Tchagra australis

 

Kibale, 13-Feb-2020

[Tdgraves]

Your puffback did not read the textbook - it’s feet look grey to me 

[PeterHG]

Beautiful shrikes, bushshrikes, puffbacks and so on! I especially like the Lühder's Bushshrike photo.

[xelas]

1 hour ago, Tdgraves said:

Your puffback did not read the textbook - it’s feet look grey to me 

 

You are talking about Pink-footed, yes? There is no other photo where legs are visible... however there is a photo that show its eye and it is dark, and not red as with Northern Puffback female.

[Galana]

4 hours ago, Tdgraves said:

Your puffback did not read the textbook - it’s feet look grey to me 

I noticed the Grey-chinned Sunbird had its back to the camera too. these birds can be darn uncooperative.

 

But he is correct. That is a Pink-footed Puffback. Its the only female Puffback with such a rich buff breast.

[xelas]

BY 325 / UG 290

Many-coloured Bushshrike - Chlorophoneus multicolor

 

Bwindi - Buhoma, 19-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 326 / UG 291

Doherty's Bushshrike - Telophorus dohertyi

 

Bwindi - Ruhija, 21-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 327 / UG 292

Bocage's Bushshrike - Chlorophoneus bocagei

 

Bwindi - Buhoma, 19-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 328 / UG 293

Fork-tailed Drongo - Dicrurus adsimilis

 

QENP - Ishasha sector, 17-Feb-2020

[Galana]

Some great Bushshrikes there. Jealous of the Multi-coloured.

[Peter Connan]

And I'm jealous of the whole flipping lot!

[xelas]

Good news from the government, epidemy is officially over. Although I have some doubts that the virus is reading the newspapers. Anyway, the 7-day quarantine on entering Slovenia is dropped.

But that does not mean we will be travelling soon. And there are more birds from Uganda to be posted.

 

UG 294 / Pied Crow

Pied Crow - Corvus albus

 

Lake Bunyonyi, 24-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 330 / UG 295

White-naped Raven - Corvus albicollis

 

Lake Mulehe, 26-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 331 / UG 296

Mountain Oriole - Oriolus percivali

 

Bwindi - Buhoma, 18-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 332 / UG 297

Western Oriole - Oriolus brachyrynchus

 

Bwindi - Ruhija, 20-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 333 / UG 298

Yellow-billed Oxpecker - Buphagus africanus

 

QENP - Kasenyi sector, 14-Feb-2020

[shazdwn]

1 hour ago, xelas said:

Anyway, the 7-day quarantine on entering Slovenia is dropped.

Wow. I can’t imagine Australia dropping its border controls any time soon. We still can’t even travel interstate without quarantine. 

[Peter Connan]

Well, that's great news, but like you I hope the disease is reading the papers.

Is it actually over, or does the government just feel that it has the ability to cope?

[Galana]

1 hour ago, Peter Connan said:

Is it actually over, or does the government just feel that it has the ability to cope?

I think it is a case of putting profit before people!