Papageorgiou, Danai http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5535-6133
Nyaguthii, Brendah
Farine, Damien R. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2208-7613
Funding for this research was provided by:
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Daimler und Benz Stiftung (32-03/16)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour
Article History
Received: 31 May 2023
Accepted: 4 January 2024
First Online: 13 January 2024
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Our study involves critical participation reflected on authorship and supervision by local (i.e. Kenyan) academics. We have complied with all relevant ethical regulations for animal use and we obtained permits from the National Science and Technology Council (NACOSTI permit: NACOSTI/P/16/3706/6465), the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA permit: NEMA/AGR/67/2017), the Kenya Wildlife Service (Research Authorizations and Capture Permits), the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). We especially thank Dr. Peter Njoroge from the Ornithological Section of NMK for providing useful feedback and reviewing our work but also the Mpala Research Centre, and the Max Planck Society’s Ethikrat Committee for ethical permission to conduct this research.