Thanks for this Peter, I think I know exactly where you mean. There
are some nice unwatched hills in there, I think you can get through to
the Machakos-Wote road? It will be very interesting to see if you find
any more there.
Best for now
Brian

On 6/24/14, peter wairasho <wairasho@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Dear Brian and James,
>
> From Mombasa road you turn left immediately you get to Salama town then
> drive about
> 15km. We started hiking from Mukaa High School heading eastwards,that is
> where I spotted the AP Flycatcher.
> You will be kept company by several Augur Buzzards hovering above you,not to
> mention the scenic landscape which is just amazing!
>
> Regards,
>
> Peter Wairasho
>
>
>
> On Monday, June 23, 2014 10:13 PM, Brian Finch <birdfinch@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> Thanks for this James it will be very nice to see the images. But I
> wonder where the birds down here are originating from, it's difficult
> to conceive that they would wander down here from Ethiopia, but
> stranger things have happened.
> Best for now
> Brian
>
>
> On 6/23/14, James Kuria NDUNG'U <ndungujk@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Dear Peter and Brian,
>>
>> The race ferreti, is common and widespread here in Ethiopia, especially,
>> in
>> the SW. I will check through my pics and attach some for your perusal and
>> records too.
>>
>> Happy birding always,
>> JKN
>>
>> Brian - BTW, I have been birding with two guests (Alister and Claire) out
>> here and they will coming to bird with soon in Kenya. Enjoy their company!
>>
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>> On Monday, June 23, 2014 8:03 PM, "Brian Finch birdfinch@gmail.com
>> [kenyabirdsnet]" <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Peter,
>> This is an exciting find, it is the race ferreti. I have only seen the
>> bird as you describe twice, and both were in Nairobi NP. They are
>> otherwise unreported, and this is the most beautiful of all the
>> Paradise Flycatcher forms. Stevenson and Fanshawe do not mention the
>> race at all, and have no illustration. Zimmermann & Turner seen to
>> have something askew, as they do mention ferreti, and even say it is
>> widespread in our region however in the description they mention white
>> on the wing, but nothing of that long white tail that you saw. So I
>> think it is a bit mixed up in the literature and needs some revision.
>> Where exactly are the Kilome Hills?
>> Best for now
>> Brian
>>
>> On 6/23/14, peter wairasho wairasho@yahoo.com [kenyabirdsnet]
>> <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Birders!
>>>
>>> Over the weekend I was hiking in Kilome hills where I observed
>>> one African Paradise Flycatcher with two morphs i.e rufous and white.
>>> It looked like the common rufous morph with the glossy black head,blue
>>> eye
>>> wattle,
>>> greyish part below and the mantle was rufous. However the wings and the
>>> long
>>> tail were
>>> all in pure white morph. Unfortunately I did'n carry my camera with me
>>> for
>>> the photo though.
>>> Could it be a resultant of interbreeding and is it confined to a
>>> particular
>>> region perhaps?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Peter Wairasho
>>
>>