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Systemmatic list - part 17: Elminia Flycatchers, Tits and Creepers

 

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda [1]

1 Dzalanyama 24th.

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White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata [7-8]

2 Zomba 15th and 1-4 Zomba Plateau 15th-17th.

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White-tailed Crested Flycatcher, Zomba, 15th May 2011

 

Southern Black Tit Melaniparus niger [1]

1 Liwonde 27th.

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Southern Black Tit, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris [3]

2+ Dzalanyama 23rd and another 24th.

As with my last visit, one showed much duller underparts than was expected of Rufous-bellied Tit so was perhaps an intergrade with the sometimes lumped Cinnamon-breasted Tit Melaniparus (rufiventris) pallidiventris which occurs to the east of the Rift - or perhaps Rufous-bellied is simply more variable than the books imply?

Rufous-bellied Tit, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

Miombo Tit (Miombo Grey Tit) Melaniparus griseiventris [2]

2+ Dzalanyama 23rd.

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Miombo Tit, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011

 

Spotted Creeper Salpornis spilonotus [2]

At Dzalanyama at least 1 seen several times in miombo woodland across the river from the Lodge 23rd and another in miombo woodland between the Lodge and the gate 24th.

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Spotted Creeper(s), Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011

 

 

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