This bird gave me a lot of work. I saw it for the first time ever (I think!) this morning in Agbodrafo, Togo, and was lucky enough to be able to take a picture of it before it flew away. I spent more or less the rest of the day trying to identify it.
At first, I thought it was a Pin-tailed Whydah / Vidua macroura / Veuve dominicaine out of its breeding season long tail, but I looked it up and realised it couldn't be, since the beak was black, and the pin-tailed whydah's one is always red. Starting with a preconceived idea is the worst way to proceed, but it's extremely difficult to get rid of a first impression. I finally settled on an identification which I find likely. Allow me to introduce the Southern fiscal / Lanius collaris / Pie-grièche fiscale.
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