Personal tools
You are here: Home New bird species for Tanzania

New bird species for Tanzania

Mrs. Moreaus Warbler/Winifreds Warbler has been split into two species and the population in Rubeho and Ukaguru mts. are named Rubeho Warbler Scepomycter rubehoensis

Just in case there was any doubt about the head colour of this bird in the Ukaguru Mts it is quite clearly
IRISH RED - my thanks to Mike McEnery for supplying the beard.

Neil

Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred’s
Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic
speciation and the existence of a threatened species
in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania

RAURI C. K. BOWIE, JON FJELDSÅ  & JACOB KIURE
Ibis (2009), 151, 709–719

Document Actions