From: Colin Jackson <colin.jackson@arocha.org>
Date: 2010-10-27 17:18
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Unusual Moorhen at Nairobi N. P.
Thanks for this. It is indeed a Lesser - the bill colour is mostly yellow with the red tinge along the culmen, but also note the pointed top to the 'frontal shield' / bill - apparently this is a good feature if you get views / photos like this since Common Moorhen has a rounded one.

Nice record.

Colin

On 21/10/2010 21:45, Michael wrote:
 

On 03 Oct I had my first exposure to birding in Kenya thanks to Fleur Ng'weno and Mike Davidson. We studied closely a small moorhen in a wet slough in Nairobi National Park that might have been a Lesser. Here are links to a couple of photos of the bird for analysis by seasoned Kenya birders:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7848931@N08/5103062746/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7848931@N08/5102507373/


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