Zvezda & Alex Part V: The Hare Strikes Back

[xelas]

BY 363 / UG 328

Black-winged Red Bishop - Euplectes hordeaceus

 

male

 

female

Kaku swamp, 29-Feb-2020

[Galana]

54 minutes ago, xelas said:

BY 357 / UG 322

Red-headed Quelea - Quelea erythrops

Er....Look at the bird. It is almost shouting its name.

 

Good to see you braving the EBC territory too. One can have too many excellent shots!

[Zim Girl]

What a fantastic collection of weavers!

[xelas]

2 hours ago, Galana said:

Er....Look at the bird. It is almost shouting its name.

 Ooops ... by Red-faced Alex 

[Soukous]

On 5/16/2020 at 12:49 PM, Peter Connan said:

What has happened here in SA instead is mostly political posturing and in-fighting, corruption and power-struggles. 

 

That sounds sadly familiar

[Peter Connan]

The contrast between the feathers and the eyes of the Veiilo't Black is very striking!

 

A lovely collection of strange weavers!

[Soukous]

Amazing collection of Weavers. So many I've never seen before, some I've never even heard of.

[xelas]

20 hours ago, shazdwn said:

Ok so now I'm curious - how did the Strange Weaver get its name?  It doesn't look strange, does it have some sort of strange behaviour?  Does anyone know?  

 

Zvezda got intrigued also, so this is what she found on the web: http://weavers.adu.org.za/sp.php?spp=3886

 

[PeterHG]

Well, that explains it!

[Galana]

Fascinating. A great explanation and excellent research by Zvezda.

[shazdwn]

6 hours ago, xelas said:

 

Zvezda got intrigued also, so this is what she found on the web: http://weavers.adu.org.za/sp.php?spp=3886

 

Interesting - thanks.  I like the original name of Alien Weaver.  

[xelas]

BY 364 / UG 329

Grey-headed Negrofinch - Nigrita canicapillus

 

Kibale, 12-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 365 / UG 330

White-breasted Negrofinch - Nigrita fusconotus

 

Bwindi - Buhoma, 18-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 366 / UG 331

Green-winged Pytilla - Pytilla melba

 

Lake Mburo, 29-Feb-2020

[xelas]

BY 367 / UG 332

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu - Uraeginthus bengalus

 

Lake Mburo, 29-Feb-2020

[xelas]

Surprisingly, the Firefinches are not that easy to ID. At first, I have them as African, Jameson's and even Black-bellied. After looking at various sources, they all came down as Red-billed. At the end of the Uganda birds I will post a selection of other photos, might be I will be lucky to be wrong . As always, I am counting on sharp eye and expertise of @Galana to correct me.

 

BY 368 / UG 333

Black-bellied Firefinch - Lagonosticta tara

 

male

 

female

QENP - Mweya sector, 13-Feb-2020

Edited May 19, 2020 by xelas

[xelas]

Double post

Edited May 19, 2020 by xelas

[xelas]

Edited according to below observations by @Galana.

 

BY 369 / UG 334

African Firefinch - Lagonosticta rubricata

 

 

 

 

BY 370 / UG 335

Red-billed Firefinch - Lagonosticta senegala

 

Lake Mburo. 29-Feb-2020

 

 

Edited May 19, 2020 by xelas

[Galana]

Ouch. Tough one!

I see you got so confused you posted twice, 30 minutes apart or did you forget you had done the first? Bad sign when one loses one's memory so quickly. Now what am I doing???

 

Narrow the field. Red-billed, African and Black-bellied are the favourites in the area of your travels with Bar-breasted an outsider..

 

Your 368 has the brown nape extending to the crown which suggests African BUT I see red on the 'shoulders ' which should not be there unless we have Black-bellied. Ruling our Red-billed due to no red bill.

The first two of your group I think we can safely call African.

The final pair I think we can safely say are  Red-billed despite lacking the obvious red bill. the female is well spotted on the breast and flanks to swing it for me.

 

If it was me I would count all three of the favourites. You certainly have two of them so why not go for the hat trick?

[xelas]

2 hours ago, Galana said:

If it was me I would count all three of the favourites

 

And me, I will follow your example! Corrected and added as suggested.

[Galana]

So that's even more Lasko when lockdown ends.

[xelas]

1 hour ago, Galana said:

So that's even more Lasko when lockdown ends.

 

Looks like we will have a visit to this place: https://www.turizem-zalec.si/en/directory/1227/the-green-gold-fountain

[TonyQ]

Excellent additions , I had no idea there are so many weavers!

[Galana]

4 hours ago, xelas said:

Looks like we will have a visit to this place

Not at €8 per pint we won't.

[xelas]

From beers back to birds, with a 6-pack of Waxbills .

 

BY 371 / UG 336

Yellow-bellied Waxbill - Coccopygia quartinia

 

Bwindi - Ruhija, 22-Feb-2020

Edited May 20, 2020 by xelas