Kruger birds ID

[pedro maia]

I´m struggling with a few birds seen in my recent visit to Kruger, let´s see if someone can help me here:

 

1 - My "best" bet is Cape white-eye but whithout much conviction and I don´t have more pictures

 

2 - All Tawny-flanked prinias?

 

 

 

 

3 - White-browed scrub robin?

 

I´ll leave pipits, larks and cisticolas for later.

Edited April 12 by pedro maia

[Adam Jones Zim]

Number 1 look to me like a male yellow breasted apalis, agreed that the rest are TFP and the last is white browed scrub robin. Great shots! 

[pedro maia]

Thanks Adam.

[pedro maia]

Pipits now...

 

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Both African pipits?

Pipit nº1 seems to have a pinkish bill which could rule out African but it´s difficult to be sure about that by the pictures.

[pedro maia]

And larks, mostly with back pictures which doesn´t help ID, I would say they are all Sabota:

 

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[Tdgraves]

Yes they are all pipits and larks 

 

I wondered if your last lark could be rufous-naped?

[Peter Connan]

On 4/12/2024 at 7:52 PM, Adam Jones Zim said:

Number 1 look to me like a male yellow breasted apalis, agreed that the rest are TFP and the last is white browed scrub robin. Great shots! 

 

I don't think so. There is a distinct and too-large eye ring.

Pedro, I think your ID is probably correct.

 

I can't argue with either the African Pipit or the Sabota lark, although that's no guarantee either.

 

But I have a problem.

You were in the Kruger and didn't pop around for a beer? Eish wena!

[pedro maia]

On 4/14/2024 at 1:15 PM, Tdgraves said:

Yes they are all pipits and larks 

 

I wondered if your last lark could be rufous-naped?

I’m not able to ID larks, rufous-naped would be a new species for me but it’ll be dificult with this picture.

[pedro maia]

7 hours ago, Peter Connan said:

 

I don't think so. There is a distinct and too-large eye ring.

Pedro, I think your ID is probably correct.

 

I can't argue with either the African Pipit or the Sabota lark, although that's no guarantee either.

 

But I have a problem.

You were in the Kruger and didn't pop around for a beer? Eish wena!

I also see the eye ring that looks white for me.

 

Peter, I would have loved to have that beer but it wouln’t be possible,we landed, picked up the cars and drove immediately to Nelspruit in order to arrive to our first night hotel before dark.

[pedro maia]

Now some easy ones:

 

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[Tdgraves]

All rattling cisticolas

[pedro maia]

38 minutes ago, Tdgraves said:

All rattling cisticolas

 

Thanks.

[pedro maia]

One final bird, not from Kruger but from Graskop, I think it´s an African dusky flycatcher but might also be a Spotted flycatcher:

 

[Tdgraves]

Dusky 

[pedro maia]

Thanks again @Tdgraves, my doubt was if it could be a juvenile Spotted, adult I knew it wasn´t.