Malindi Pipit (Anthus melindae) photo
An adult bird perched on a mound of soil from which it was making brief sorties to snap up insects.
- Recorded 6 August 2007
- Added to IBC 2 years 22 weeks ago
- Steve Garvie
- Locality Gongoni, Kenya (ssp melindae).
Rating
More material of this species
- 4.5An adult bird ...Kenya, Aug 2007
- 4.5An adult bird ...Kenya, Aug 2007
- 4adult standingKenya, Nov 2008
Recent material by Steve Garvie
- 4.5An adult perch...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.3An adult male ...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.2A calling adul...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.7An adult shadi...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.6Male Verreaux'...Kenya, Jul 2010
- 4.2This female Ve...Kenya, Jul 2010
Malindi Pipit. A highly range-restricted species dependent on coastal grassland. It is threatened by increasing conversion of grassland to subsistence cultivation and by excessive grazing which compacts the soil, alters the vegetation and thus the invertebrates this species feeds on.