Old World Warblers (Sylviidae)
Turner's Eremomela (Eremomela turneri) - HBW 11, p. 685
French: Érémomèle de Turner
German: Braunstirneremomela
Spanish: Eremomela de Turner
Other common names: Brown-crowned Eremomela (when treated as conspecific with E. badiceps)
Taxonomy: Eremomela badiceps turneri van Someren, 1920, Yala River, Kavirondo District, west Kenya.
Formerly treated as conspecific with E. badiceps, but the two found to be sympatric in E DRCongo. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- kalindei Prigogine, 1958 - EC & NE DRCongo (Abyaloze, Kailo, Kalima, Makayobo, Mazali, Beni), and SW Uganda (Nyondo Forest).
- turneri van Someren, 1920 - W Kenya (Kakamega Forest, S Nandi Forest).
- Endangered Enlarge map
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Distant shot of one bird in the canopy.
Locality Kakamega Forest, Kenya (ssp turneri)
Nick Athanas 7 September 2012 20 weeks ago 3.7
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