Unknown bird song from Masai Mara, June 2024 (1 Viewer)

[gabyrusu]

I don't know if there's only one bird in the foreground or two. A Ring-necked Dove can be heard in the background also.

 

[SpinySoftware]

Do you have the original recording before it was filtered?

 

[gabyrusu]

Do you have the original recording before it was filtered?

I do. I will post it here as well.

 

[gabyrusu]

Recorded with iPhone 14 Pro Max using Merlin Bird ID. Merlin couldn't give an ID at that time.

 

[SpinySoftware]

I think you are right that there are two birds in the foreground. I'd say that one is a Common Reed Warbler, and the other maybe a Common Bulbul?

 

[Southern Viking]

Nothing in that recording sounds like Common/Eurasian Reed Warbler

 

[gabyrusu]

Thank you! Not really sure about scirpaceus in Mara though. I recorded this near Osero Camp and there were no water holes or reeds. I don't event think there are many observations for it in Kenya.

 

[SpinySoftware]

Thank you! Not really sure about scirpaceus in Mara though. I recorded this near Osero Camp and there were no water holes or reeds. I don't event think there are many observations for it in Kenya.

Ah ok, not that then!

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

There's a Camaroptera singing and calling, Grey-backed Camaroptera ("Bleating Warbler").

 

[gabyrusu]

There's a Camaroptera singing and calling, Grey-backed Camaroptera ("Bleating Warbler").

Thank you, Valéry! Do you have any idea about the other one?

 

[Valéry Schollaert]

Thank you, Valéry! Do you have any idea about the other one?

The bulbul you mean ? Yeah, in Masai Mara it is Dark-capped Bulbul (Pycononotus tricolor), forme subspecies of the Common/Garden Bulbul.