From: David Guarnieri <dvguarnieri@me.com>
Date: 2019-08-24 12:52
Subject: Re: [KENYABIRDSNET] Re: Lunga Lunga - A Hidden Paradise
Thanks Mustafa for that great report and photos. I would like to come see you in Lunga Lunga, especially for the finfoot and WBNH!

I was interested in Don’s comment about the WC Helmet-shrike race poliocephalus. I went back and looked at my photos and have two photos of what I think might be poliocephalus. One is from near the Getaway Hotel near Maragwa (Tana River) in April 2018 and the other from Chyulu Hills in Sept. 2017. Do these appear to be poliocephalus as well?

I also checked the photographic records on eBird for similar birds and found four records, two from Meru in June of 2014 and August of 2010. One from NNP in Sept. 2017 and another just outside Nairobi near Makuyu in Dec. 2017. These records can be accessed via the following link. 

Looking forward to more discussion on this topic.

Thanks,

David 

Chyulu Hills, Sept. 10 2017

Maragwa (Tana River) April 22, 2018


On 24 Aug 2019, at 05:58, Don Turner don@originsafaris.info [kenyabirdsnet] <kenyabirdsnet-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:


This is another superb report from Lunga Lunga.  I particularly like the excellent photos of the Finfoot and Helmet-shrike.  The long wing stripe of the helmet-shrike clearly identifying it as the southern migratory race poliocephalus which reaches us during the April-September period, and possibly the first photographic record for us.  All our resident White-crested Helmet-shrikes lack such a wing stripe.

Congratulations Mustafa