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DB Red-faced Apalis
megan perkins

DB Red-faced Apalis (Urorhipis rufifrons)

The field guide lists this bird as Red-fronted warbler -seems to be a bit of dispute over where it belongs!
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Location
Lake Baringo, Kenya
Date taken
11/12/2006
Scientific name
Urorhipis rufifrons
Equipment used
Canon 350d , 100-400 IS
Marmot
Well we call it the Apalis. And it has a new home in the database as well.

Well done Megan.
 
cuckooroller
Hi Megan,
You probably have the Stevenson & Fanshawe which uses for this the Dowsett & Forbes-Watson taxonomy (in Spiloptila). This is probably best treated in its' own monotypic genus - Urorhipis rufifrons (Red-fronted Warbler).
 

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