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Another one that I identified from the photo. This is at a feeder near our room at the Mara Serena—just step out the French doors.

The field guide I have, Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman, Turner, and Pearson, calls this species the Black-headed Weaver (after the male's plumage).

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Female Ploceus cucullatus bohndorfii in breeding plumage, Mara Serena Lodge, June 28