A few montane forest birds (1 Viewer)

[Steve Keen]

Considering a return to Kenya in January as a nice easy and cheap trip.
Very few lifers available, and the trip would largely be spent camping at Baringo and Naivasha just for some decent easy birding (although I must finally get Grey-crested Helmetshrike).

Was also wondering whether any of the fooliwing are available at any safe to access sites using public transport:

Moustached Tinkerbird
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
White-browed Crombec
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Doherty's Bushshrike
Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Cheers
Steve

 

[mike davidson]

Hi Steve
there is a very good book called 50 best sites in Kenya , by Catherine Ngarachu , an old friend of mine . I think you will get of the info there

Mike

 

[Andy Adcock]

Looked at Steve's list and having seen BfBS in South Africa, I looked at the distribution and learned that it's treated by some as conspecific with Many-coloured Bush Shrike, I didn't know that!

Not that it's much use Steve but just seen Wb Crombec and Doherty's BS in Rwanda.

 

[Steve Keen]

Andy

Didn't know that either. Have seen plenty of McBS, but BfBS has eluded me on three trips to its range (although couldn't get to the South Africa site so probably that doesn't count).

Steve

Steve