caa a22 4500 388051663 CHVBK 20180307125055.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199803 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0959270900003634 doi S0959270900003634 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0959270900003634 Habitat use by the globally endangered Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei and its sympatric relative, the Northern Pied Babbler T. hypoleucus [Elektronische Daten] We examined and compared territoriality and habitat use of two congeneric babbler species in Kirinyaga district, central Kenya, with the aim of explaining their differences in global conservation status. Hinde's Babbler Turdoides hindei is a scarce, globally Endangered species whereas Northern Pied Babbler T. hypoleucus is much more abundant and widespread, and occurs throughout the range of Hinde's Babbler. Our findings suggested a lack of flexibility in the choice of habitat by Hinde's Babbler, whose territories were centred on a scarce habitat type: Lantana thickets in river valleys or near swamps. The two species showed similar daily foraging ranges but Hinde's Babbler occupied smaller group territories, whose size was not related to group size. Aggressive encounters between the two species occurred over shared feeding grounds, all of which were initiated and won by Hinde's Babbler. Its dependence on Lantana thickets makes Hinde's Babbler highly susceptible to further habitat loss within its range. Copyright © Birdlife International 1998 Njoroge Peter National Museums of Kenya, Department of Ornithology, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya Bennun Leon A. National Museums of Kenya, Department of Ornithology, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya Lens Luc Department of Biology, Laboratory for Animal Ecology, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium Bird Conservation International Cambridge University Press 8/1(1998-03), 59-65 0959-2709 8:1<59 1998 8 BCI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900003634 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900003634 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Njoroge Peter National Museums of Kenya, Department of Ornithology, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bennun Leon A. National Museums of Kenya, Department of Ornithology, P. O. Box 40658, Nairobi, Kenya NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lens Luc Department of Biology, Laboratory for Animal Ecology, University of Antwerp (UIA), B-2610 Wilrijk, Belgium NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bird Conservation International Cambridge University Press 8/1(1998-03), 59-65 0959-2709 8:1<59 1998 8 BCI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge