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Passerine singing - Nairobi - December (1 Viewer)

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Stéphane 77

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Hi all,
I recorded but couldn't see this bird singing in a wooded garden on Riverside Drive in Nairobi, Kenya, back in December 2010.
Can anybody identify this bird ?
Stéphane
 

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I searched on xeno-canto and finally found the answer : Rüppell's Robin Chat.
It's one of its many songs, often mimicking other birds. But this one is apparently typical from that species. In the Helm Field Guide "Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania", one can read "persistently repeats a rolling three-note phrase, rrrri-pru-ru, rrrri-pru-ru,rrrri-pru-ru,...
 
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