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The conservation status of the forest birds of the Taita Hills, Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2010

Thomas Brooks ,
Luc Lens ,
Jim Barnes ,
Roger Barnes ,
John Kageche Kihuria  and
Christine Wilder
Thomas Brooks
Affiliation:
Ornithology Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya. (e-mail: kbirds@users.africaonline.co.ke) and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996–1610, U.S.A.. (e-mail: tbrooks@utkux.utk.edu).
Luc Lens
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, UIA, B-2610, Wilrijk, Belgium. (e-mail: llens@uia.ua.ac.be).
Jim Barnes
Affiliation:
4 Claremont Drive, Leeds LS6 4ED, U.K.
Roger Barnes
Affiliation:
4 Claremont Drive, Leeds LS6 4ED, U.K.
John Kageche Kihuria
Affiliation:
Ornithology Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya. (e-mail: kbirds@users.africaonline.co.ke) and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996–1610, U.S.A.. (e-mail: tbrooks@utkux.utk.edu).
Christine Wilder
Affiliation:
Ornithology Department, National Museums of Kenya, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya. (e-mail: kbirds@users.africaonline.co.ke) and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996–1610, U.S.A.. (e-mail: tbrooks@utkux.utk.edu).
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The forests of the Taita Hills of south-east Kenya are of great importance to conservation, holding three endemic birds and many other endemic taxa. We surveyed birds in their remaining forest fragments in July-August 1996, and followed up these surveys with collection of remote sensing imagery of the area, an assessment of museum specimens and a thorough literature review. In this paper we assess the conservation status in the Taita Hills of their 47 species of forest birds. We conclude with general recommendations for the conservation of the area.

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Research Article
Information
Bird Conservation International , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1998 , pp. 119 - 139
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Copyright © Birdlife International 1998

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