Hi Sidney,
It is a Red-billed Frefinch, but not one of ours but the southern race
rendalli not recorded in Kenya before,
Very best
Brian

On 8/1/17, Sidney Shema Kamanzi sidneyshema@gmail.com [kenyabirdsnet]
<kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> I'm no expert on estrildids but this looks like a female Red-billed
> Firefinch to me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sidney
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:02 PM, Brian Finch birdfinch@gmail.com
> [kenyabirdsnet] <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Dear All,
>> I was going through bird photos with a friend from Burgeret,
>> identifying the species taken in his garden. It was pretty
>> straightforward with Greater-Blue-eared and Superb Starlings, Hadada,
>> Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Harrier Hawk, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu etc, and
>> now the next one. I looked at the image and thought this is all wrong.
>> I would like to hear opinions of this bird, I have some suggestions
>> but it is not positively identified. The birds that it most resembles
>> have just one race of each species throughout the country, so it is
>> not just a case of a race with which I am not familiar.
>> Best to all
>> Brian
>>
>>
>