Red-billed Buffalo Weaver?

["martin butterfield" <>]

Definitely not a buffalo weaver: they are like large sparrows.  My initial thought was one oif the wood-hoopoes, but the bill looks a bit too short for them, and there is usually white visible on the tail.  I would tend to agree with Geoffrey although the fledglings perched on a tidily pruned twig seems a bit strange.  Perhaps the poster of the piccie would be able to enlighten us?

 

Martin

 

On 9/20/07, Steve Holliday <> wrote:

Beak is too long for a buffalo weaver, it doesn't match any starling or
icterid either. I think Geoffroy is probably right, although, like John,  I