Premium
THE BIRDS OF ENDAU MOUNTAIN IN THE KITUI DISTRICT OF KENYA
Author(s) -
Tennent J. R. M.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
ibis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.933
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1474-919X
pISSN - 0019-1019
DOI - 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1964.tb03678.x
Subject(s) - geography , genus , ecology , forestry , agroforestry , biology
Summary The results of an expedition to Endau, an isolated mountain in eastern Kenya which retains a cap of mist‐forest, are described. The avifauna of the forest was found to be remarkably poor despite apparently favourable conditions, and a number of forest species found in similar isolated residual hilltop forests were absent. Notably no representative of the genus Turdus was found. Possible explanations of these anomalies are discussed.