Flickr - Rainbirder - Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis) with a snail (1)

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Description: A small heavily spotted forest pipit which is confined to a very few patches of forest in coastal Kenya and the Usambara hills of Tanzania. Little is known about this endangered range-restricted species. We watched two birds feeding on the forest floor where they took spiders and small snails (which they seemed to be able to remove from their shells intact). I found them to be very difficult wee birds to photograph due to their hyperactivity and the poor light levels on the forest floor. Date: 1 August 2007, 08:52. Source: Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis) with a snail. Author: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Camera location3° 17′ 42.4″ S, 39° 58′ 01.42″ E View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap -3.295110; 39.967060.