From: Kieran Fahy <kieranfahy@eircom.net>
Date: 2018-03-23 11:52
Subject: RE: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re: [tanzaniabirds] Tanzanian status of Dodson's Bulbul?

Thanks Neil,

 

Unfortunately, we didn’t take any photos of the bird we had, so I am no help to you there.

 

Reading your 2017 email below, do I take it that your view/current thinking is that there is a large intergrade zone for the two forms?  Would the presence of hybrids not also imply the presence of pure birds as a parent?

 

Many thanks

Kieran

 

From: kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com <kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com> On Behalf Of Neil and Liz Baker tzbirdatlas@yahoo.co.uk [kenyabirdsnet]
Sent: Friday 23 March 2018 06:57
To: 'Kieran Fahy' kieranfahy@eircom.net [tanzaniabirds] <tanzaniabirds@yahoogroups.com>; Tanzania Bidnet <tanzaniabirdnet@yahoogroups.com>; Kenyabirdsnet <kenyabirdsnet@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re: [tanzaniabirds] Tanzanian status of Dodson's Bulbul?

 

 

Hi Kieran

 

you wrote

 

In 2014 I saw what I presume to be Dodson’s Bulbul near Same (approximate location -4.3499894, 37.8362182), complete with white tail tips, scaly breast and white mark on face?

 

I wrote this early in 2017.

 

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Dodson’s Bulbul

I’m not at all sure this form reaches Tanzania. In the extreme NE one can find birds that suggest hybrids between this and our common and widespread Yellow-vented but do pure dodsoni occur ?

Photographs would be very much appreciated and does anyone know how far south this form is found in Kenya.

 

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any photos ? there is surely a quite wide hybrid zone BUT.

 

What do they do with this form in Kenya ? how close to Tanzania does anyone see GOOD Dodson's ?

 

cheers

 

Neil

 

 

Neil and Liz Baker

Tanzania Bird Atlas

P.O. Box 396, Iringa, Tanzania 

Mobile: +255 753-513603 

 

 

On Friday, 23 March 2018, 09:41:56 GMT+3, 'Kieran Fahy' kieranfahy@eircom.net [tanzaniabirds] <tanzaniabirds@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 

 

 

Hi all,

 

Can someone enlighten me as to the status of Dodson’s Bulbul  in Tanzania, please?

 

Britton seems to state that they occur in extreme northern Tanzania but no one of the other works seem to agree with this?

 

In 2014 I saw what I presume to be Dodson’s Bulbul near Same (approximate location -4.3499894, 37.8362182), complete with white tail tips, scaly breast and white mark on face?

 

Regards,

Kieran

 

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