tags: Mocking Cliff-Chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, identify this bird, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Mocking Cliff-Chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, photographed near Lake Manyara, a shallow alkaline lake in Tanzania, Africa. Lake Manyara was described as the "loveliest [lake] ... in Africa," in Ernest Hemingway's 1953 nonfiction book, Green Hills of Africa. it is also the home of a diverse set of landscapes and wildlife. [I will identify this bird for you in 48 hours]
Image: Dan Logen, 9 August 2006 [larger view].
Nikon D2X camera, Lens was the Nikon 200-400 VR Lens at 400 mm. ISO was 250 1/60 sec, f/8.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Cliff chat. Black head, breast, wings; rufous belly; white shoulder patch.
Hildebrandt's starling has same black and rufous pattern, but has red eye and no shoulder patch.
Mocking Cliff Chat
Field mark: Extremely cute
Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris: Black and red pattern, white shoulder patch, white between black chest and chestnut belly. It is the only cliff-chat found in Tanzania.
I concur--Mocking Cliff Chat--back and chest coloring, white shoulder patch Very pretty bird!