The East African Rarities Committee assesses records of new and very rare birds occurring in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Our remit has changed slightly and we now consider up to the fifth record of any species from each of the three countries. It is hoped that this will make it easier for observers to establish whether or not their sightings need to be submitted to the committee. If you see a species with fewer than five records in the country please submit the details to the EARC secretary: Jeremy Lindsell, c/o The RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 2DL, UK, or E-mail them to jeremy.lindsell@ rspb.org.uk. Please contact the secretary if you are unsure whether your sighting requires a submission and for guidance on details to include in any submission. Past records of rare species are also sought. Records from other countries within the Scopus region (Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi and the Indian Ocean islands) can be submitted to the editor of Scopus. The committee has recently been expanded and now comprises: Neil Baker, Brian Finch, David Fisher, Colin Jackson, Jeremy Lindsell, David Moyer, Willis Okech, David Pearson, Don Turner and James Wolstencroft. Recent circulations have resulted in the acceptance of thirteen country firsts, including five regional firsts. We are grateful to all observers who submit their records to the committee as this helps ensure that the national lists for the three countries remain clearly documented and up-to-date.

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Records: East African Rarities Committee report and change of remit

—When first described, from two specimens taken at Bogol Manyo (=‘Bogol Mayo’) in southeast Ethiopia in 1971, the Degodi Lark Mirafra degodiensis was considered a sibling species of the Horn of Africa’s Gillett’s Lark M. gilletti. However, subsequent field reports have failed to clarify how the two taxa can be separated. In order to evaluate the differences between Degodi Lark and Gillett’s Lark we measured the two Degodi specimens (plus one we caught ourselves) and 43 Gillett’s, reviewed the literature on the subject to assemble all the published diagnostic characters, and visited Bogol Manyo and adjacent areas to photograph, observe and soundrecord both taxa. We find that there is no morphometric disjunction between the taxa, no evidence of vocal separation, no consistent plumage difference, and no molecular distinction. We therefore regard M. degodiensis as most probably a synonym of M. gilletti; if it is retained as a subspecies of gilletti it must be chiefly on account of its smaller mean size.

Taxonomic status of the Degodi Lark Mirafra degodiensis, with notes on the voice of Gillett's Lark M. gilletti

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