This is a Kenyan endemic found mainly round Mount Kenya. It is localised and hard to find but our local guide, Chege, took us straight to some dense roadside vegetation that held a small group.
Perversely, the birds only showed in very brief flights while we were quet and trying hard to see them, then as we were getting ready to board our vehicle and leave and the noise level had risen a bit this bird came out to check us out.
Clements and some older texts give the name as Hinde's Pied-babbler but the shorter Hinde's Babbler seems to be gaining acceptance. The species is classed as "Vulnerable".
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Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
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)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
