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A note on the rediscovery of the Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis in the Pugu Hills, Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

C. O. F. Mlingwa
C. O. F. Mlingwa
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Dar es Salaam, P. O. Box 35064, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Current address: Institut fur Vogelforschung, An der Vogelwarte 21, 26386 Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
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The Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis is endemic to coastal forests in Kenya and Tanzania (Keith et al. 1992). It has been listed as occurring in the Pugu Hills, Tanzania (Howell 1981, Collar and Stuart 1985, 1988), having been first recorded in 1938 (Moreau 1940). Two further records from this area are reported in Collar and Stuart (1985), in 1955 and 1981. Harvey and Howell (1987) noted that, over the period 1968–1978, many visits to the area by a variety of observers, some using mist-nets, failed to locate Sokoke Pipit.

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Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 293 - 294
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1996

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