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Bird ID Needed

Just looking through my Chester Zoo pics and found a few species that I've still not ID'd. So any help much appreciated.

Bird ID Needed
Jackwow, 9 Jul 2013
    • Jackwow
      Just looking through my Chester Zoo pics and found a few species that I\'ve still not ID\'d. So any help much appreciated.
    • FBBird
      Bird ID

      Mauritius Fody
    • Jackwow
      Thanks FBBird, female or possibly juvenile?
    • TeaLovingDave
      FBBird is unfortunately incorrect; it is in fact a Madagascar fody (Foudia madagascariensis), and is indeed a female.
    • FBBird
      Bird ID

      Sorry TLD, meant Madagascar. The heat must be affecting my brain -- i've worked with these things, & not even sure I've seen a Mauritius Fody. This is of course a male coming into colour.
    • Jackwow
      There were others in the same aviary in full breeding plumage so does it make sense that some would be in full breeding plumage whereas others wouldn't be, at the same time?
    • FBBird
      If some were maturing juveniles, yes.
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