From: Itai Shanni <itaisha1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2012-06-29 06:46
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Small Bird with Streaked Crown at Kitale
I must be completely out of my mind here.
Looking at the photo from a different computer, I see that this Pipit is a Tree Pipit, with it's known yellowish tinge on the breast and than the streaks and wing all fits just fine...

Sometime one needs to look under his nose to see the answer...
Thanks Neil for opening my eyes.

Itai

I'd rather go birding...
***************************************
Itai Shanni 
Eilat & Arave Region Coordinator, 
Israel Ornithological Centre (BirdLife partner in Israel)
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (SPNI) 
iocitai@inter.net.il; itaisha1@yahoo.com
MOBILE: +972-523-689773
TELEFAX: +972-77-9300173 
http://eilatbirding.blogspot.com/

Dekel Dom 1, Beer Ora, 88820.
Skype: itai_shanni

On 29 ביונ 2012, at 06:24, Neil and Liz Baker <tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Itai
 
surely it's a Tree Pipit !!!!!!!!
 
Neil
 
Neil and Liz Baker, Tanzania Bird Atlas, P.O. Box 1605, Iringa, Tanzania.
Mobiles: +255 785-311298 and +255 784-834273.
http://tanzaniabirdatlas.com
Subscribe to: tanzaniabirds-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
From: Itai Shanni <itaisha1@yahoo.com>
To: 'Michael' <pompilid@yahoo.com>; kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 29 June 2012, 1:38
Subject: RE: [KENYABIRDSNET] Small Bird with Streaked Crown at Kitale

 
Hi Michael,
 
This is a very interesting photo.
Surely this is not any Flycatcher with these long fingers and horizontal stand. I would go for a ground walking species like a Pipit (Motacillidae).
 
The first thing that comes to my head is a Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris) with these heavy streaking, yellowish edges to wing and general size and structure. But the closest I know of this species is few hundred Km’s to the South-East of Kitale (around the Eastern Arc) or around the Albertine Rift. Also, Striped Pipits don’t have white on the edges of the median coverts, so this species should be ruled out.
 
But with this size and heavy streaking, I am not really sure what is this bird as we are only left with Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis) and African Pipits (Anthus cinnamomeus). Both can be found in the area but usually on different habitat (you are talking on a forest clearing…) any reason why you think it is a juvenile? Any more photos? Any sound recordings?
 
If I had to put my money on it, I would bet that this is one more unknown taxa related to the Long-billed complex…
Very interesting bird!
 
Itai
 
I'de rather go birding...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Itai Shanni
Eilat & Arava region coordinator, Israel Ornithological Centre.
Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (BirdLife Partner)
e-mail: iocitai@inter.net.il
               itaish1@yahoo.com
Mobile: +972-523689773
Telefax: +972-779300173
http://eilatbirding.blogspot.com/
איתי שני
רכז אזור אילת וערבה, מרכז הצפרות הישראלי
החברה להגנת הטבע
אי-מייל :iocitai@inter.net.il
       itaisha1@yahoo.com           
נייד: 0523-689773
טלפקס: 077-9300173
http://eilatbirding.blogspot.com/
דקל דום 1, באר אורה 88810
 
From: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com [mailto:kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: ד 27 יוני 2012 19:09
To: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] Small Bird with Streaked Crown at Kitale
 
 
The link points to a photo taken at Kitale in January 2012 of a bird that was foraging at ground level in a forest clearing. I am fairly sure it belongs to the Muscicapidae and believe it is a juvenile:

Mystery Bird

Suggestions appreciated.


__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 7255 (20120628) __________

The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus.

http://www.eset.com/