From: Brian Finch <birdfinch@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-10-09 21:36
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Cisticola ID from the Lumo Conservancy

Sorry Pete,
Whatever I try I cannot access the image,
Best for now
Brian

On 10/9/12, Peter Steward <peetmate@gmail.com> wrote:
> Our birding group visited the Lumo Conservancy in May 2012, five months
> later I finally have the time to process my photos! I have these images of
> a cisticola we initially though was Desert Cisticola, but now I am not
> sure. From the illustrations in Zimmerman and S&F it looks like it could
> also be Ashy or Siffling Cisticola. I cannot see a plain rufous rump or
> black tail with white-tips which suggests that it is not a Desert Cisticola
> and it is outside of the range for a Pectoral-patch Cisticola.
> Unfortunately it was so long ago that I can't remember the song.
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kenyabirdsnet/photos/album/1173400137/pic/list
>
> Does anyone know which cisticola this is with a degree of certainty? It was
> in a small bush (pair) in dry open grassland (<1000 m), part of the wider
> Tsavo ecosystem.
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Pete Steward
>