One of two males we had singing in a marshy grassland area south of Molo at an elevation of 2,590 metres.
This species is a hard to find Kenyan endemic that only occurs round Molo, Mau Narok and the Aberdares. Its preferred habitat is under threat from agriculture and it is listed as "Endangered".
The map shows roughly where we saw the bird but the small dirt tracks we used mean it can only be approximate. If you are interested in finding this species we travelled with Zoothera (www.zootherabirding.com/) with Steve Bird and Gina Nichol as guides together with Chege wa Kariuki of Birdwatching East Africa (www.birdwatchingeastafrica.com/).
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Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
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Antarctica
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Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
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Indian Ocean
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Latin America (Middle and South America)
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Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
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North America (includes the Caribbean)
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Northern oceans
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Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
