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Bibliograpy – PIED CROW (Geirrabe) – Corvus Albicollis, Latham Bibliography – PIED CROW (Schildrabe)– Corvus albus, P.L.S. Müller Alamargot, J. (1987): Pied Crows Corvus albus with atypical plumage. Walia 10: 7-12. Anciaux, M.R. (2002): Approche de la phenologie de la migration des migrateurs intra-Africains de l'interieur des terres du Sud-Benin: Plateau d'allada et sud de la depression de la Lama - 2a) les coraciiformes et les passeriformes. [Migration phenology of African birds in inland South-Benin (Allada Plateau and south of the Lama Depression). 2a.] Alauda 70 (1): 203-211. Abstract. Anon (1979): Nest predation by pied crows. Bokmakierie 31 (1): 21. Anon (2002): Vogelsoorten in gevangenschap en mogelijk ontsnapt. [Birds in captivity and possible escapees.] Vogels in Belgie 8 (1): 3-4. Ash, J.S. (1983): Over fifty additions of birds to the Somalia list including two hybrids, together with notes from Ethiopia and Kenya. Scopus 7: 54-79. Ba, C.T., Ba, A. & Marchand, B. (2005): Ultrastructure of the spermatozoon of Paroniella reynoldsae (Cyclophyllidea, Davaineidae) an intestinal parasite of Corvus albus (Aves, Corvidae). Acta Parasitologica 50 (3): 208-214. Abstract Kompletter Artikel als pdf. Barkhuysen, A. (2005): Food preparation by a pied crow. Bee-Eater and BirdLife Eastern Cape News 56 (1): 18. Barry, K. (2001): Pied crows perching and feeding on horses. Honeyguide 47 (1): 96. Benson, C.W. & Penny, M.J. (1970): The land birds of Aldabra. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B 260: 417- 527. Bingham, J., Schumacher, C.L., Aubert, M.F.A., Hill, F.W.G. & Aubert, A. (1997): Innocuity studies of SAG-2 oral rabies vaccine in various Zimbabwean wild non-target species. Vaccine 15 (9): 937-943. Abstract. Blair, C.M.G. (1961): Hybridization of Corvus albus and Corvus edithae in Ethiopia. Ibis 103: 499-502. Boswall, J. (1995): Communal roosting by pied crows in the breeding season. Honeyguide 41 (2): 112. Bowen, P.S.J. (1978): The Pied Crow Corvus albus in Mwinilunga. Bull. Zambian Orn. Soc. 10: 74-75. Brooke, R.K. & Grobler, J.H. (1973): Notes on the foraging, food and relationships of Corvus albus (Aves, Corvidae). Arnoldia. 6, 10: 1-13. Cheesman, R.E. (1936): On a collection of birds from north-western Abyssinia, Ibis ser., (13) 6: 163- 197. Dean, W. R. J. & Milton, S. J. (2000): Directed dispersal of Opuntia-species in the Karoo, South Africa: Are crows the responsible agents? Journal of Arid Environments, 45 (4): 305-314. Abstract. Dekeyser, P.L. & Derivot, J. (1958): Étude d’un Type d’oiseau Ouest-Africain: Corvus albus. Initiation africains 16: 1-58. Dakar. Dekeyser, P.L. & Villiers, A. (1952): Sur une nicheé du corbeau blanc. Notes africaines 56: 124-127. Drury, M.R. (1980): Pied crow taking small bird on the wing. Honeyguide 102: 33. Elgood, J.H., Fry, C.H. & Dowsett, R.J. (1973): African migrants in Nigeria. Ibis 115: 375-409. Esterhuizen, J.R. (1994): New distribution of black and pied crows? Mirafra 11 (3): 55-56. Abstract Gibson, A. (1999): Pied crow in East Yorkshire. Yorkshire Birding 8 (2): 57. Good, A.I. (1952): The birds of French Cameroon. Mem. Inst. Francais d’Afrique noire. Série: Sci. Nat. 2: 127. Goodwin, W. (1999): High concentration of pied crows nesting on pylons. Honeyguide 45 (1): 24. Abstract. Gwahaba, J.J. (1975): A contribution to the biology of the Pied Crow Corvus albus Muller in Uganda. J.E. Afr. Nat. Hist. Soc. Nat. Mus. 153: 1-14. Hustler, K. (1983): Breeding biology of the greater kestrel. Ostrich 54 (3): 129-140. Jones, M.A. (1983): The pied crow in Harare, Zimbabwe. Honeyguide 116: 6-13. Jones, M.A. (1984): A statistical approach to sex determination in pied crows. Honeyguide 30 (1): 4-8. Kennett, P.H. (1990): Pied crow feeding. Honeyguide 36 (1): 40-41. Lamm, D.W. (1958): A nesting study of the Pied Crow in Accra, Ghana. Ostrich 29: 59-70. Loefler, I.J.P. (1984): Breeding of Verreaux's eagle owl prevented by crows. EANHS Bulletin 1984: 105-106. Londei, T. (2005): The hybrid population of Pied Crow Corvus albus and Somali Crow C. edithae on Dahlak Kebir Island, Eritrea: a case of assortative mating? Bull. ABC 12: 37-39. Lovett, R. (1998): Caching behaviour in Pied Crows Corvus albus. Babbler 34: 37. Lovett, R. & Lovett, V. (2001): Defence of nest site by a group of fork-tailed drongos Dicrurus adsimilis. Babbler 38: 23. Maclean, G.L. (1985): Robert’s Birds of Southern Africa. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. Cape Town. Malan, G. (1994): Distribution of nests of the pied crow Corvus albus on telephone poles in the upper Karoo. Ostrich 65 (1): 44-45. Abstract Marshall, B.E. (1979): On the distribution of crows in Rhodesia. Honeyguide 98: 5-14. Masterson, A.N.B. (1993): Changes in the behaviour of urban crows. Honeyguide 39 (3): 138-141. Mbidde, J. (1994): Astounding encounter on the nesting habits of the pied crow. EANHS Bulletin 24 (1): 11-12. Abstract Mundy, P.J. (1988): Vultures and crows - who takes the eye? Honeyguide 34 (2): 69. Osborne, P.E. & Tigar, B.J. (1992): Interpreting bird atlas data using logistic models: an example from Lesotho, southern Africa. Journal of Applied Ecology 29 (1): 55-62. Abstract Penzhorn, B.L. (1978): Growth of a pied crow nestling. Ostrich 49 (2): 85-86. Penzhorn, B.L. (1981): Association between birds and mountain zebras, Equus zebra. Ostrich 52 (1): 63-64. Rand, A.L. (1936): Distribution and habits of Madagascar Birds. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. 72: art. 5: 495. Roberts, P.J. (1987): Longevity of Aldabran birds. Safring News 16 (1): 16. Saunders, K. (1989): High rise accommodation. Bokmakierie 41 (2): 61. Seel, D.C. (1975): A tube for holding birds during examination of molt in the flight feathers. Journal of Field Ornithology 46 (1): 74-75. Kompletter Artikel als pdf. Smalley, M. (1984): Predation by Pied Crow Corvus albus on Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bats Epomphorus gambianus. Bull. Orn. Club 104: 77-79. Smith, K.D. (1955): The winter breeding season of land birds in Eritrea. Ibis 97: 480-501. Smith, K.D. (1957): Birds of Eritrea. Ibis 99: 326. Steyn, P. (1995): Pied crow kills Cape weaver. Promerops 221: 14. Abstract Stutterheim, C.J. (1980): Cleaning symbiosis involving pied crows and white rhino. Lammergeyer 30: 61. Tye, A. (1983): Nest predation by the pied crow Corvus albus. Malimbus 5 (1): 50. Tyler, S.J. (1980): Notes on feeding habits of pied and Indian house crows Corvus albus and splendens. Scopus 4 (2): 44-45. Tyler, S.J. (2002): Crows in Botswana - their distribution and abundance. Babbler 41: 23-31. Walker, S. (1996): Pied crow robbing rock pigeon nest. Promerops 222: 12. Abstract Wanless, R.M. & Jupiter, T.A. (2002): Predation on doves by pied crows, Corvus albus, on Aldabra Atoll. Ostrich 73 (1-2): 73. Wilson, T. & Balcha, G. (1989): Temporal and spatial ecology of the Birds of Ethiopia: Order, Passeriformes; Family, Corvidae. Walia 12: 30-34. Wootton, P. (1989): Wednesday morning bird walk report. EANHS-Bulletin 19 (3): 36. Zusi, R.L. (1987): A feeding adaptation of the jaw articulation in new world jays (Corvidae). Auk 104 (4): 665-680. Abstract Kompletter Artikel als pdf. Zyl, A. J. van (1994): Sex-related local movement in adult rock kestrels in the eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Wilson Bulletin, 106 (1): 145-148. Abstract. Kompletter Artikel als pdf.
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