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	East Coast Wizard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		East Coast Akalat - The East Coast Akalat or Gunning's Robin (Sheppardia gunningi) is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique.
	ex59.medibat2001.com /eastcoastwizard.html (903 words)

	Akalats
		The akalats are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Sheppardia.
		East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi : The East Coast Akalat or Gunning's Robin is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique.
		It is a forest-dwelling insectivorous species related to the small Old World thrushes commonly known as chats.
	www.avianweb.com /akalats.html (111 words)

	EUCAMP - Forest Diversity
		The East Usambara Mountains are situated in northeastern Tanzania within 40 km of the coastal town of Tanga between 4
		The East Usambara forests have been likened to the African equivalent of the Galapagos Islands in terms of their endemism and biodiversity [Rodgers and Homewood, 1982; Howell, 1989].
		The forests of the East Usambara Mountains are not only important for their biodiversity, they also play an important role in maintaining the hydrological cycle that fees the Sigi River.
	personal.inet.fi /luonto/usambara/forest.htm (776 words)

	Kenya Birds - coast
		The South Coast extends from the Tanzanian border north to Mombasa and includes the well-known Shimba Hills Reserve which is about 15-20km inlands from the coast.
		The South Coast has other attractions for birders these include the Diani Forest, a 12km strip of deciduous coral rag which is home to the Little Yellow Flycatcher, Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Fischer's Turaco, Spotted Ground Thrush and Plain-backed Sunbird.
		This is an important area for the Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Fischer's Turaco, Sokoke Scops Owl, Spotted Ground Thrush, Sokoke Pipit, East Coast Akalat, Amani Sunbird, Plain-backed Sunbird and Clarke's Weaver.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /coast.htm (1045 words)

	Welcome to Expeditions Unlimited
		Mombasa is Kenya's second city, and is one of East Africa's oldest settlements.
		Beaches are located on the North Coast (on the mainland), and the South Coast (a short ferry ride away).
		Stretching along both the North and South Coasts are white sandy beaches and the magnificent coral reefs, which are rated third in the world, after Australia's Barrier Reef and the Red Sea.
	www.africanexpeditions.co.uk /Coast.htm (586 words)

	afrodreams 'n' beaded sandals.
		The southern Eastern circuit embraces the city of Nairobi, Amboseli, chyulu hills, Tsavo west and East, Shimba hills, Malindi, Mombasa, Kisite and Mpunguti.
		Being near the coast of Kenya, it makes it the most popular safari destination from the coastal towns.
		It's the largest surviving stretch of coastal forest in East Africa.
	www.afrodream.com /south-east.html (743 words)

	News \| Loggers, carvers threaten pristine coastal woodland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Arabuko Sokoke is the largest remaining coastal forest in East Africa and was gazetted as crown forest in 1943.
		The forest is one of the world’s top 25 biodiversity hotspots and has been declared the second most important forest in Africa for bird conservation.
		The forest, which is being considered for listing as a world heritage site, is home to six globally threatened bird species, namely Sokoke pipit, spotted ground thrush, Amani sunbird, Sokoke scops owl, East Coast akalat and Clarke’s weaver.
	www.eastandard.net /hm_news/news.php?articleid=1143955416 (1151 words)

	KENYA - SAFARI PROFILE
		From as far east as the Bering Straits and as far west as the northern tip of Norway, they come in their millions to East Africa.
		Sokoke-Gede forests are the habitat of some very localised birds, including: cuckoo hawk, Kenya crested guineafowl, Fisher's turaco, Sokoke scops owl, green barbet, red-tailed ant thrush, east coast akalat, forest batis, Sokoke pipit, Retz's and chestnut-fronted helmet shrike and the amani sunbird.
		On the South Coast, Tiwi has a small, privately run, scuba diving operation where the aim is to provide a special atmosphere away from the more widely used areas.
	www.safariweb.com /kenya/safari.htm (5264 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Tanzania and Eastern Kenya Birding Trip Report by Jon Hornbuckle, 2001
		We crossed the border near the coast south of Mombasa, then drove to Tanga and on to the East Usambaras.
		Continuing east beyond Kieni, the main road north from Nairobi is reached, and a left turn soon brings you to Thika.
		Iringa Akalat, Rufous-winged Sunbird, Spot-throat, Dapplethroat, and possibly White-winged Apalis and Usambara Weaver, are in the nearby forest.
	www.worldtwitch.com /tanzania_kenya_hornbuckle.htm (6702 words)

	Akalat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		AkalatsScientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder: PasseriformesFamily†: Turdidae Genera Sheppardia &dagger; see also: Turdidae and chatThe akalats are medium-sized insectivorous or birds in the genus Sheppardia of the thrush family Turdidae.
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	www.termsdefined.net /ak/akalat.html (215 words)

	Our Approach (Research) - arocha, international, cross-cultural, Christian, faith, God, Biblical, creation, community, ...
		With the help of two forest guides, 27 transects through representative areas of the forest are followed, and "point counts" of birds within a 25 m radius circle made at intervals of 200 m.
		This uses play-back of the akalat song, to which the birds respond strongly in the breeding season.
		East Coast Akalat population changes can be tracked in this way.
	en.arocha.org /research/index2.html (1130 words)

	Malindi Coast Birding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kenya`s tropical beaches can be experienced in all their beauty on the North Coast.
		Less well known are some marine and forest habitats, providing a haven for numerous birds.
		The more elusive waders that prefer fresh water haunts and not often seen at the coast can be found here.
	www.wildernesslogistics.com /malindi.htm (278 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		Renewed access to Mozambique after years of isolation by civil war has provided tremendously exciting possibilities for birders, and the central and southern parts of the country have in the last four years become popular destinations for keen, intrepid Southern Africans and others.
		The most popular areas for birding are, in central Mozambique, the highland forests of Mount Gorongosa, and the woodlands and lowland forests between Beira and the Zambezi.
		Further south, excellent birding is to be had in the woodlands around Panda and along coast around Inhambane, Vilanculos and Bazaruto Island.
	www.fatbirder.com /links_geo/africa/mozambique.html (1260 words)

	Malindi Watamu
		Mombasa, is the most important harbor in East Africa, is considered to be the capital of the Coast, and is of 120 km away.
		On the north east direction, we find Marafa village with Hells Kitchen, a territory with a particular formation, of eroded terrain and rocks of pink sandstone of the Pliocene era, which is very spectacular.
		If you go East, on a safari, only for a few hours by car, you reach the biggest Park in Kenya, the Tsavo National Park, where you can observe the Flora and Fauna of the area.
	www.kenyacolors.com /wheredoilive.htm (689 words)

	Shimba Hills National Reserve - Points of Interest
		The magnificent African crowned eagle can sometimes be seen soaring over the canopy, while the swooping fish eagle circles river and waterhole spots.
		The rarer Usambara forest gecko is an arboreal species endemic to East Africa’s coastal forests.
		The Shimba Hills are cloaked in a mantle of ancient forests, one of the largest contiguous pieces in East Africa.
	www.parks.it /world/KE/shimba.hills/Epun.html (576 words)

	WORLDTWITCH - Africa & the Middle East Bird News - Rare Bird Reports & Birding Information
		At lower altitudes (down to sea level), it mostly occurs in gallery forest and thicket on the fringes of the forest zone proper, both north, and as at Cape Coast, Ghana, south of it.
		A study of the East Coast Akalat, Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis, found the species to be more abundant than previously thought, with an estimated 7,500 to 9,000 territories in the Arabuko-Sokoke Forest alone.
		The Akalat prefers areas where the undergrowth is partially open with large amounts of dead wood, foraging near the ground.
	www.worldtwitch.com /africa_middle_east.htm (2433 words)

	Birdwatching in Kenya - Best of Kenya
		East Africa is one of the richest bird areas in the world.
		In certain places along the coast there are breeding pairs of Osprey as well.
		Arriving into the big city airports, frequently the first birds spotted are the urban and farmland dwellers, such as the Wagtails and Weaverbirds, with their huge nest colonies.
	www.bestofkenya.com /Birdwatching.htm (339 words)

	Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology - Researchers & Staff
		A first nest record and notes on the breeding behaviour and season of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in Kenya.
		Distribution, habitat selection and behaviour of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis in Kenya and Tanzania.
		Distribution and population size of the East Coast Akalat in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya.
	www.oeaw.ac.at /klivv/en/persons/nemeth_pub.html (579 words)

	EUCAMP - Biodiversity Surveys - Bird Sightings References
		Cordeiro, N.J. A preliminary survey of the montane avifauna of Mt Nilo, East Usambaras, Tanzania.
		Nemeth, E. Distribution, habitat selection and behavior of the East coast akalat Sheppardia gunningi.
		The forest bird fauna of the East Usambara mountains.
	personal.inet.fi /luonto/usambara/birdref.htm (283 words)

	Updates
		Occurrence of the Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii on the Brazilian coast.
		A new subspecies of Pytilia melba from Djibouti, East Africa.
		This is the first evidence of the continued breeding of the Waldrapp in the Middle East since a colony at Birecek in Turkey became extinct in 1989.
	www.ibispub.com /updates.html (8442 words)

	Kenya Safari - Wildlife and Birds
		From as far east as the Bering Straits and as far west as the northern tip of Norway - they come in their millions to East Africa.
		In photographing birds, they have in many cases become used to cars, and on the lakes used to boats; they seem not to associate these things with people, and can be approached much closer than would be possible on foot.
		The desert around Lake Turkana and the vast area to the east, including the Dida Galgalla, is the habitat of some extremely locally distributed birds.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/location/africa/kenya/birdlife.htm (1271 words)

	BirdForum - Lowland Akalat subspecies
		When I checked the entry of the Lowland Akalat in Clements I found a personally written addition of a new subspecies (Sheppardia cyornithopsis pallidigularis), described either after the publication of Clements or after it's cut-off date.
		The on-line update does include new subspecies Sheppardia gunningi alticola to East Coast Akalat and new species Rubeho Akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax).
		The latter work maintained that it is not enough genetically dissimilar from the pre-existing nominate race of Equatorial Akalat.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=46202 (428 words)

	Birds, birding & conservation in Kenya
		There are 9 restricted range species of the Kenya mountains Endemic Bird Area (EBA) and 7 of the East African coastal forests EBA.
		The most significant biomes are Somali-Masai with 94 out of 129 species in Kenya; East African Coast with 29 out of 38 species; Afrotropical Highlands with 70 out of 226 species; and the small Lake Victoria Basin with 9 out of 12 species.
		It is the largest remaining fragment of forest which once covered much of the East African coast.
	www.africanbirdclub.org /countries/Kenya/ibas.html (511 words)

	BIRD WATCHING - CRAB PLOVER ITINERARY 8 Nights/ 9 Days Nairobi-Mombasa-Shimba Hills-Malindi-Arabuko Sokoke-Mida Creek - ...
		The reserve is the last remaining habitat of the rare Sable Antelope in East Africa a treat you may not want to Miss!!
		Certainly holding one of the largest areas of coastal forest in East Africa after Arabuko Sokoke Forest.
		Area comprises a complex of marine and tidal habitats on Kenya's north coast, stretching from just south of Malindi town southwards to beyond the entrance of Mida creek.
	www.acaciaafricabirding.com /AABS015.htm (672 words)

	National Museums of Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Matiku, P.M., Bennun, L. and Nemeth, E. Distribution and population size of the threatened East Coast Akalat in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya.
		Nemeth, E. and Bennun, L. Distribution, habitat selection and behaviour of the East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi sokokensis) in Kenya and Tanzania.
		Nasirwa, O and Owino, A. 38.Preliminary avifauna surveys in the lower Tana River Forests: Mchelelo East, Sifa East, Wenje East and Makerere East.
	www.museums.or.ke /pubornith.html (2663 words)

	Malawi & Zambia 1999
		In both forests East Coast Akalat was easy to find, but otherwise both forests were rather lifeless.
		East Coast Akalat was again seen very well, but the only other birds we noted were Green-backed Woodpecker, Black Cuckoo-Shrike, Chinspot Batis and Green-backed Camaroptera.
		Bronze-winged Courser, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Boehm's Bee-eater, Brown-breasted Barbet, Souza's Shrike, East Coast Akalat, White-winged Apalis, Brown Warbler, Green-backed Twinspot and Striped Pipit, lifers all of course.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Malawi99.html (8909 words)

	Library of Congress, Nairobi, Kenya Office: Article Titles: 132
		The first millennium AD on the east coast : a new look at the cultural sequence and interactions (1994)
		A first nest record and notes on the breeding behaviour and season of the East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi from Arabuko-Sokoke Forest in Kenya (2003)
		The fishery of Portunus pelagicus and species diversity of portunid crabs along the coast of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (2003)
	lcweb2.loc.gov /misc/qsihtml/qsiArticles132.html (913 words)

	Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Watamu on the Indian Ocean - Best of Kenya
		The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest is East Africa's largest surviving, dry coastal forest, situated only 7km inland from Watamu and 18km southwest from Malindi on the Kenya Coast.
		Arabuko is the global stronghold for one Globally Endangered species, the Spotted Ground Thrush, and five Globally Threatened species of birds, the Sokoke Scops Owl, Sokoke Pipit, East Coast Akalat, Amani Sunbird, and the Clarke's Weaver, all of which are endemic to the area.
		The Forest is also home to a large number of bird species restricted to the coastal area, such as the Green Barbet, Fisher's Turaco and Southern Banded Snake Eagle.
	www.bestofkenya.com /Arabuko.htm (354 words)

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