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The 55 Species of Larger Mammal Known to Be
Birds of Lolldaiga Hills Ranch¹ Order and scientific name² Common name² Threat3 Comments Struthionidae Ostrich Struthio camelus Common ostrich LC Two subspecies present. Numididae Guineafowl Numida meleagris Helmeted guineafowl LC Acryllium vulturinum Vulturine guineafowl LC Phasianidae Stone partridge, francolins, spurfowl, quails Ptilopachus petrosus Stone partridge LC Francolinus shelleyi Shelley’s francolin LC Francolinus sephaena Crested francolin LC Francolinus hildebrandti Hildebrandt’s francolin LC Francolinus leucoscepus Yellow-necked spurfowl LC Coturnix coturnix Common quail LC Anatidae Ducks, geese Alopochen aegyptiaca Egyptian goose LC Anas sparsa African black duck LC Anas undulata Yellow-billed duck LC Anas clypeata Northern shoveler LC Anas erythrorhyncha Red-billed teal LC Anas acuta Northern pintail LC Anas querquedula Garganey LC Anas hottentota Hottentot teal LC Netta erythrophthalma Southern pochard LC Oxyura maccoa Maccoa duck NT 1 Order and scientific name² Common name² Threat3 Comments Podicipedidae Grebes Tachybaptus ruficollis20 Little grebe LC Ciconiidae Storks Mycteria ibis Yellow-billed stork LC Anastomus lamelligerus African open-billed stork LC Ciconia nigra Black stork LC Ciconia abdimii Abdim’s stork LC Ciconia ciconia White stork LC Leptoptilos crumeniferus Marabou stork LC Threskiornithidae Ibises, spoonbills Threskiornis aethiopicus Sacred ibis LC Bostrychia hagedash Hadada ibis LC Platalea alba African spoonbill LC Ardeidae Herons, egrets, bitterns Ixobrychus sturmii Dwarf bittern LC Butorides striata -
A Molecular Phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the Description of a New Genus and Species from Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 163, 913–942. With 7 figures A molecular phylogeny of Equatorial African Lacertidae, with the description of a new genus and species from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ELI GREENBAUM1*, CESAR O. VILLANUEVA1, CHIFUNDERA KUSAMBA2, MWENEBATU M. ARISTOTE3 and WILLIAM R. BRANCH4,5 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA 2Laboratoire d’Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, République Démocratique du Congo 3Institut Superieur d’Ecologie pour la Conservation de la Nature, Katana Campus, Sud Kivu, République Démocratique du Congo 4Bayworld, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, South Africa 5Research Associate, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa Received 25 July 2010; revised 21 November 2010; accepted for publication 18 January 2011 Currently, four species of the lacertid lizard genus Adolfus are known from Central and East Africa. We sequenced up to 2825 bp of two mitochondrial [16S and cytochrome b (cyt b)] and two nuclear [(c-mos (oocyte maturation factor) and RAG1 (recombination activating gene 1)] genes from 41 samples of Adolfus (representing every species), two species each of Gastropholis and Holaspis, and in separate analyses combined these data with GenBank sequences of all other Eremiadini genera and four Lacertini outgroups. Data from DNA sequences were analysed with maximum parsimony (PAUP), maximum-likelihood (RAxML) and Bayesian inference (MrBayes) criteria. Results demonstrated that Adolfus is not monophyletic: Adolfus africanus (type species), Adolfus alleni, and Adolfus jacksoni are sister taxa, whereas Adolfus vauereselli and a new species from the Itombwe Plateau of Democratic Republic of the Congo are in a separate lineage. -
Preface Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Special Angola and Africa Issue
Official journal website: Amphibian & Reptile Conservation amphibian-reptile-conservation.org 10(2): i–iii (e128). Preface Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Special Angola and Africa Issue William R. Branch Curator Emeritus Herpetology, Bayworld, P.O. Box 13147, Humewood 6013, SOUTH AFRICA (Research Associate, Department of Zoology, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, SOUTH AFRICA) Citation: Branch WR. 2016. Preface (Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Special Angola and Africa Issue). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 10(2): i‒iii (e128). Copyright: © 2016 Branch. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercialNoDerivatives 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use for non-commercial and education purposes only, in any medium, provided the original author and the official and authorized publication sources are recognized and properly credited. The official and authorized publication credit sources, which will be duly enforced, are as follows: official journal title Amphibian & Reptile Conservation; official journal website <amphibian-reptile-conservation. org>. Published: 30 November 2016 Africa is a mega continent that was isolated for long pe- merous additional locality records dispersed in museum riods of its history. However, after the tectonic activity collections, they have not been consolidated and made and uplift that accompanied Gondwana’s breakup and easily accessible. This hinders the study of the African Africa’s birth c. 130 Ma the continent was relatively qui- herpetofauna, preventing fuller understanding of its ori- escent for nearly 100 million years until the development gins and diversity, and therefore its conservation (Tolley of the East African Rift system 31‒30 mMa (Ring 2014). -
Disaggregation of Bird Families Listed on Cms Appendix Ii
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals 2nd Meeting of the Sessional Committee of the CMS Scientific Council (ScC-SC2) Bonn, Germany, 10 – 14 July 2017 UNEP/CMS/ScC-SC2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II (Prepared by the Appointed Councillors for Birds) Summary: The first meeting of the Sessional Committee of the Scientific Council identified the adoption of a new standard reference for avian taxonomy as an opportunity to disaggregate the higher-level taxa listed on Appendix II and to identify those that are considered to be migratory species and that have an unfavourable conservation status. The current paper presents an initial analysis of the higher-level disaggregation using the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volumes 1 and 2 taxonomy, and identifies the challenges in completing the analysis to identify all of the migratory species and the corresponding Range States. The document has been prepared by the COP Appointed Scientific Councilors for Birds. This is a supplementary paper to COP document UNEP/CMS/COP12/Doc.25.3 on Taxonomy and Nomenclature UNEP/CMS/ScC-Sc2/Inf.3 DISAGGREGATION OF BIRD FAMILIES LISTED ON CMS APPENDIX II 1. Through Resolution 11.19, the Conference of Parties adopted as the standard reference for bird taxonomy and nomenclature for Non-Passerine species the Handbook of the Birds of the World/BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World, Volume 1: Non-Passerines, by Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar (2014); 2. -
Malawi Trip Report 12Th to 28Th September 2014
Malawi Trip Report 12th to 28th September 2014 Bohm’s Bee-eater by Keith Valentine Trip Report compiled by Tour Leader: Keith Valentine RBT Malawi Trip Report September 2014 2 Top 10 Birds: 1. Scarlet-tufted Sunbird 2. Pel’s Fishing Owl 3. Lesser Seedcracker 4. Thyolo Alethe 5. White-winged Apalis 6. Racket-tailed Roller 7. Blue Swallow 8. Bohm’s Flycatcher 9. Babbling Starling 10. Bohm’s Bee-eater/Yellow-throated Apalis Top 5 Mammals: 1. African Civet 2. Four-toed Elephant Shrew 3. Sable Antelope 4. Bush Pig 5. Side-striped Jackal/Greater Galago/Roan Antelope/Blotched Genet Trip Summary This was our first ever fully comprehensive tour to Malawi and was quite simply a fantastic experience in all respects. For starters, many of the accommodations are of excellent quality and are also situated in prime birding locations with a large number of the area’s major birding targets found in close proximity. The food is generally very good and the stores and lodges are for the most part stocked with decent beer and a fair selection of South African wine. However, it is the habitat diversity that is largely what makes Malawi so good from a birding point of view. Even though it is a small country, this good variety of habitat, and infrastructure that allows access to these key zones, insures that the list of specials is long and attractive. Our tour was extremely successful in locating the vast majority of the region’s most wanted birds and highlights included Red-winged Francolin, White-backed Night Heron, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Western Banded Snake -
South Africa: Magoebaskloof and Kruger National Park Custom Tour Trip Report
SOUTH AFRICA: MAGOEBASKLOOF AND KRUGER NATIONAL PARK CUSTOM TOUR TRIP REPORT 24 February – 2 March 2019 By Jason Boyce This Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl showed nicely one late afternoon, puffing up his throat and neck when calling www.birdingecotours.com [email protected] 2 | TRIP REPORT South Africa: Magoebaskloof and Kruger National Park February 2019 Overview It’s common knowledge that South Africa has very much to offer as a birding destination, and the memory of this trip echoes those sentiments. With an itinerary set in one of South Africa’s premier birding provinces, the Limpopo Province, we were getting ready for a birding extravaganza. The forests of Magoebaskloof would be our first stop, spending a day and a half in the area and targeting forest special after forest special as well as tricky range-restricted species such as Short-clawed Lark and Gurney’s Sugarbird. Afterwards we would descend the eastern escarpment and head into Kruger National Park, where we would make our way to the northern sections. These included Punda Maria, Pafuri, and the Makuleke Concession – a mouthwatering birding itinerary that was sure to deliver. A pair of Woodland Kingfishers in the fever tree forest along the Limpopo River Detailed Report Day 1, 24th February 2019 – Transfer to Magoebaskloof We set out from Johannesburg after breakfast on a clear Sunday morning. The drive to Polokwane took us just over three hours. A number of birds along the way started our trip list; these included Hadada Ibis, Yellow-billed Kite, Southern Black Flycatcher, Village Weaver, and a few brilliant European Bee-eaters. -
Engelsk Register
Danske navne på alverdens FUGLE ENGELSK REGISTER 1 Bearbejdning af paginering og sortering af registret er foretaget ved hjælp af Microsoft Excel, hvor det har været nødvendigt at indlede sidehenvisningerne med et bogstav og eventuelt 0 for siderne 1 til 99. Tallet efter bindestregen giver artens rækkefølge på siden. -
South-Central African and Miombo Woodland Endemics List of Birds
South-central African and Miombo woodland endemics List of birds most easily seen in southern Africa but NOT South Africa (primarily Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, etc.) Primarily in Miombo Woodland unless other habitat stated in "Notes" column "Good places to see it" column - Many of these birds also occur in DRC, Angola and Zimbabwe Page Common Name # Good places to see it Notes Zambia Malawi Lilian's Lovebird 216 Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe Mopane woodland 1 1 Black-cheeked Lovebird 216 Zambian endemic Mopane woodland 1 Racket-tailed Roller 278 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Pale-billed Hornbill 294 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Anchieta's Barbet 298 Zambia 1 Whyte's Barbet 298 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Chaplin's Barbet 302 Zambian endemic fig savannah 1 Miombo Pied Barbet 304 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 Pallid Honeyguide 312 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Black-and-rufous Swallow 358 Zambia grassland 1 Angolan Cliff Swallow 362 Zambia rivers 1 Fülleborn's Longclaw 366 Zambia moist grassy areas 1 Rosy-throated Longclaw 368 Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa moist grassy areas 1 Grimwood's Longclaw 368 Zambia moist grassy areas 1 Woodland Pipit 372 Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique 1 1 Short-tailed Pipit 374 Zambia 1 Miombo Tit 392 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 non-miombo populations in West Spotted Creeper 396 Malawi, Zambia Africa 1 1 Boulder Chat 398 Botswana wooded rocky hillsides 1 Cabanis's Greenbul 414 Zambia forest 1 Grey-olive Greenbul 416 Malawi, Zambia forest 1 1 Black-collared Bulbul 426 Zambia forest 1 1 Miombo Rock Thrush 434 Malawi, Zambia 1 1 Miombo -
Protected Area Management Plan
Karkloof Nature Reserve KwaZulu-Natal South Africa Protected Area Management Plan Prepared by Ezemvelo KwaZulu-Natal Wildlife Protected Area Management Planning Unit with support from Dr Richard Lechmere-Oertel (Biodiversity Planning & Management) Citation Karkloof Nature Reserve: Management Plan. Version 1.0 (2011), Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, Pietermaritzburg. Photos for cover page courtesy of Kevin McCann and Di Martin. AUTHORISATION This Protected Area Management Plan for Karkloof Nature Reserve is recommended by the Karkloof Nature Reserve Co-Management Committee, consisting of three members each from the Karkloof Landowners Association and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife according to the Co-Management Agreement and the Nature Reserve Planning Committee: Karkloof Landowners Association Thomas Hancock Thomas Hancock Children’s Family Trust Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Andy Blackmore Acting manager land use Planning Magda Goosen Protected Area Management Planner Irene Hatton Acting Coordinator Protected Area Management Planning Bill Howells Biodiversity Conservation Co-ordinator East uKhahlamba Athol Marchant Regional Ecologist East uKhahlamba Philemon Mahlaba District Conservation Officer Ann van Eyssen Ecotourism Coordinator West KARKLOOF N AT U RE RESERVE I PRO T EC T ED A REA MA N AG EMEN T PLA N KARKLOOF N AT U RE RESERVE II PRO T EC T ED A REA MA N AG EMEN T PLA N KARKLOOF N AT U RE RESERVE IV PRO T EC T ED A REA MA N AG EMEN T PLA N TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHORISATION ............................................................................................................................................. -
Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation
Darwin Initiative Award 15/036: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-East Africa's Montane Ecosystems MT MABU, MOZAMBIQUE: BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION November 2012 Jonathan Timberlake, Julian Bayliss, Françoise Dowsett-Lemaire, Colin Congdon, Bill Branch, Steve Collins, Michael Curran, Robert J. Dowsett, Lincoln Fishpool, Jorge Francisco, Tim Harris, Mirjam Kopp & Camila de Sousa ABRI african butterfly research in Forestry Research Institute of Malawi Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 2 Front cover: Main camp in lower forest area on Mt Mabu (JB). Frontispiece: View over Mabu forest to north (TT, top); Hermenegildo Matimele plant collecting (TT, middle L); view of Mt Mabu from abandoned tea estate (JT, middle R); butterflies (Lachnoptera ayresii) mating (JB, bottom L); Atheris mabuensis (JB, bottom R). Photo credits: JB – Julian Bayliss CS ‒ Camila de Sousa JT – Jonathan Timberlake TT – Tom Timberlake TH – Tim Harris Suggested citation: Timberlake, J.R., Bayliss, J., Dowsett-Lemaire, F., Congdon, C., Branch, W.R., Collins, S., Curran, M., Dowsett, R.J., Fishpool, L., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Kopp, M. & de Sousa, C. (2012). Mt Mabu, Mozambique: Biodiversity and Conservation. Report produced under the Darwin Initiative Award 15/036. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. 94 pp. Biodiversity of Mt Mabu, Mozambique, page 3 LIST OF CONTENTS List of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3 List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. -
South Africa Mega Birding III 5Th to 27Th October 2019 (23 Days) Trip Report
South Africa Mega Birding III 5th to 27th October 2019 (23 days) Trip Report The near-endemic Gorgeous Bushshrike by Daniel Keith Danckwerts Tour leader: Daniel Keith Danckwerts Trip Report – RBT South Africa – Mega Birding III 2019 2 Tour Summary South Africa supports the highest number of endemic species of any African country and is therefore of obvious appeal to birders. This South Africa mega tour covered virtually the entire country in little over a month – amounting to an estimated 10 000km – and targeted every single endemic and near-endemic species! We were successful in finding virtually all of the targets and some of our highlights included a pair of mythical Hottentot Buttonquails, the critically endangered Rudd’s Lark, both Cape, and Drakensburg Rockjumpers, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Pink-throated Twinspot, Southern Tchagra, the scarce Knysna Woodpecker, both Northern and Southern Black Korhaans, and Bush Blackcap. We additionally enjoyed better-than-ever sightings of the tricky Barratt’s Warbler, aptly named Gorgeous Bushshrike, Crested Guineafowl, and Eastern Nicator to just name a few. Any trip to South Africa would be incomplete without mammals and our tally of 60 species included such difficult animals as the Aardvark, Aardwolf, Southern African Hedgehog, Bat-eared Fox, Smith’s Red Rock Hare and both Sable and Roan Antelopes. This really was a trip like no other! ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tour in Detail Our first full day of the tour began with a short walk through the gardens of our quaint guesthouse in Johannesburg. Here we enjoyed sightings of the delightful Red-headed Finch, small numbers of Southern Red Bishops including several males that were busy moulting into their summer breeding plumage, the near-endemic Karoo Thrush, Cape White-eye, Grey-headed Gull, Hadada Ibis, Southern Masked Weaver, Speckled Mousebird, African Palm Swift and the Laughing, Ring-necked and Red-eyed Doves. -
Notes on Birds in the Lubango Bird Skin Collection, Angola 16-18 January 2013 by Michael Mills
Notes on birds in the Lubango Bird Skin Collection, Angola 16-18 January 2013 by Michael Mills During January 2013 I had the privilege of visiting the Lubango Bird Skin Collection in Angola for three days, to study some of the 40000 bird skins in the collection. This was the first step at studying various taxonomic questions related to Angolan birds, and clarifying various identification questions. Some notes based on this visit follow: 1. I spent a while looking at all the swift specimens, hoping to find something unusual among the Common Swift Apus apus specimens. There is only one African Black Swift Apus barbatus specimen, not even from Angola, and none of the Common Swifts look untoward, all collected in the period Oct-Jan. The darker mantle of African Black Swift was the most noticeable feature differentiating these two species. 2. Bradfield’s Swift Apus bradfieldi and Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis appeared to be very similar in plumage pattern and colouration, with basically equal amount of scalloping, so the only difference would be size. Mottled Swift was the same ground colour throughout, quite brownish, and was collected mostly from the mouth of the Dande River, so are may be the large brown swifts I see over the Kwanza, Keve and Longa Rivers. 3. In agreement with Brooke (1971), I could find no difference in morphology between Horus Swift Apus horus and so-called Loanda Swift Apus [horus] toulsoni, which has subspecies toulsoni and fuscobrunneus (south-west Angola only). Birds collected from the same area in Cabinda displayed white rumps (horus) in some and brown rumps (toulsoni) in others.