Nyikae Thrush 3

These are three different calls from the bird on the Ulugurus, treated in the Handbook as Nyikae. The bird was almost black head to chest, hardly any relief on the throat. Dark below but somewhat browner. In flight the rusty flanks were very conspicuous on the almost uniformly dark bird. I can find no illustrations or images of nyikae. Whilst roehli is dark, “nyikae” on Uluguru appears as black as helleri from Taita Hills. I hope that someone can find a use for this. As you can hear it is very strong and melodic. Best for now Brian

uluguru thrush3 uluguru.mp3 — MP3 audio, 244Kb