mike davidson
Well-known member
Clarke's Weaver was 'discovered ' in 1913 by Brigadier-General Goland Vanholt Clarke ,an ornithologist and collector , who sent a specimen to his brother in uk , also an army man who 'wrote up ' the description.
It is an endemic to Kenya, and only found in Arabuko- Sokoke Forest near Malindi on the coast of Kenya.
No one has ever found the nesting site until now .
Nature Kenya has had a project in Dakatcha forest [ some 30 miles north of A-S] and the team, lead by Fleur Ngweno] has found the nesting site of some 1000 birds . A great find .
Brian Finch,Colin Jackson and I were very priviledged to be invited to the site one day after the discovery .
\It was like finding a needle in a hay stack . The site is so remote , some 2/3 hours NW of Malindi.
Fantastic that 100 years after discovery the nesting site was found
Mike D in Nairobi
It is an endemic to Kenya, and only found in Arabuko- Sokoke Forest near Malindi on the coast of Kenya.
No one has ever found the nesting site until now .
Nature Kenya has had a project in Dakatcha forest [ some 30 miles north of A-S] and the team, lead by Fleur Ngweno] has found the nesting site of some 1000 birds . A great find .
Brian Finch,Colin Jackson and I were very priviledged to be invited to the site one day after the discovery .
\It was like finding a needle in a hay stack . The site is so remote , some 2/3 hours NW of Malindi.
Fantastic that 100 years after discovery the nesting site was found
Mike D in Nairobi
