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Emberiza flaviventris
The adult male has striking head pattern with a white crown, black lateral crown stripes, white supercilium and black-bordered white ear coverts. The underparts are orange-yellow becoming yellow on the throat and whitish on the lower belly. The upper parts are chestnut with a grey rump. The browner wings have two conspicuous white wing bars. The sexes are very similar, but females may have a buff tone to the white head markings and browner head stripes, and the back may have dark streaks. Young birds are duller and paler than the females.
Nairobi National Park
It was quite far away so the shots are not as clear as I'd like.
I looked in my South Africa pocket book, starting at the back because of the bill shape, and noticed it was similar so I did a little research on the internet and was able to confirm it.
Spotted on Jun 10, 2012
Submitted on Aug 1, 2012
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