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Fiscal Flycatcher 40 Points

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698. Fiscal Flycatcher Sigelus silens

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Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) 40 Points

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373. Grey Go-away-bird (Grey Lourie) Corythaixoides concolor

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49 cm; sexes alike. Very distinctive all-grey bird.
Juvenile: Paler than ad with shorter crest and buffy tinge to feathers.

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Pin-tailed Whydah 20 Points

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860. Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura

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Thick-billed Weaver 40 Points

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807. Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons

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Common Myna 20 Points

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758. Common Myna Acridoteres tristis

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Tawny-flanked Prinia 20 Points

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683. Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava

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13 cm; sexes alike. Buffy underparts and flanks and rufous wing panel. Non-breeding birds have horn-coloured bills.
Juvenile: Tinged lemon yellow below; bill yellowish.

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Hybrid: Mallard Duck x African Black Duck 10 Points

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Hybrid: Mallard Duck x African Black Duck

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Cape Grassbird 60 Points

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661. Cape Grassbird Sphenoeacus afer

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Red-billed Quelea 20 Points

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821. Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea

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12 cm
Beeding male: Face mask most commonly black but may be white, surrounded by yellowish or pink band.
Non-breeding male: Bright head features turn brown; throat white, bill remains red.
Female: Similar to non-breeding male, but bill and eye-ring dull yellow in br season.
Juvenile: Like adult female, bill horn brown.


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Diderick Cuckoo 40 Points

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386. Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius

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