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The Relationships of the Starlings (Sturnidae: Sturnini) and the Mockingbirds (Sturnidae: Mimini)
THE RELATIONSHIPS OF THE STARLINGS (STURNIDAE: STURNINI) AND THE MOCKINGBIRDS (STURNIDAE: MIMINI) CHARLESG. SIBLEYAND JON E. AHLQUIST Departmentof Biologyand PeabodyMuseum of Natural History,Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 USA ABSTRACT.--OldWorld starlingshave been thought to be related to crowsand their allies, to weaverbirds, or to New World troupials. New World mockingbirdsand thrashershave usually been placed near the thrushesand/or wrens. DNA-DNA hybridization data indi- cated that starlingsand mockingbirdsare more closelyrelated to each other than either is to any other living taxon. Some avian systematistsdoubted this conclusion.Therefore, a more extensiveDNA hybridizationstudy was conducted,and a successfulsearch was made for other evidence of the relationshipbetween starlingsand mockingbirds.The resultssup- port our original conclusionthat the two groupsdiverged from a commonancestor in the late Oligoceneor early Miocene, about 23-28 million yearsago, and that their relationship may be expressedin our passerineclassification, based on DNA comparisons,by placing them as sistertribes in the Family Sturnidae,Superfamily Turdoidea, Parvorder Muscicapae, Suborder Passeres.Their next nearest relatives are the members of the Turdidae, including the typical thrushes,erithacine chats,and muscicapineflycatchers. Received 15 March 1983, acceptedI November1983. STARLINGS are confined to the Old World, dine thrushesinclude Turdus,Catharus, Hylocich- mockingbirdsand thrashersto the New World. la, Zootheraand Myadestes.d) Cinclusis -
Plant-Frugivore Interactions in a Heterogeneous Forest Landscape of South Africa
Plant-frugivore interactions in a heterogeneous forest landscape of South Africa Dissertation In partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a Doctorate Degree in Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat) The Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University of Marburg Lackson Chama, MSc Sinazongwe (Zambia) June 2012, Marburg From the Faculty of Biology, Philipps-University Marburg als Dissertation am angenommen. Dekan: Prof. Dr. Paul Galland Erstgutachterin: Prof. Dr. N. Farwig Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. R. Brandl Tag der Disputation: 25th June 2012 Dedicated to my son, Mishila, who’s first two years on earth I was hardly part of, due to my commitment towards this work. Contents CHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 3 EFFECTS OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES ON FOREST BIODIVERSITY ........................................................................................................ 4 PLANT-FRUGIVORE INTERACTIONS IN CHANGING LANDSCAPES .................................................................................................. 5 THE ROLE OF FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY IN FRUGIVORE COMMUNITIES ........................................................................................... 5 EFFECTS OF SEED INGESTION BY FRUGIVOROUS BIRDS ON GERMINATION SUCCESS ........................................................................ 6 AIMS OF THE THESIS ......................................................................................................................................................... -
Status and Distribution of Faunal Diversity in Kafa Afromontane Coffee Forest
Status and Distribution of Faunal Diversity in Kafa Afromontane Coffee Forest Leykun Abunie Berhan Submitted to PPP Project July 2008 Addis Ababa Contents Executive Summary .....................................................................................................................4 Introduction..................................................................................................................................6 Literature Review Related to Faunal Diversity and Management...............................................8 Macro Policies and Priorities......................................................................................................8 Environmental Protection Policy.................................................................................................8 Wildlife Development / Management Policy................................................................................9 Analysis of Wildlife Sector in Ethiopia ......................................................................................10 Physical and Ecological Description of the Study Area ............................................................14 Objective of the Present Study...................................................................................................16 Methodology ..............................................................................................................................17 General Approach......................................................................................................................17 -
Calling Rhythm As a Predictor of the Outcome of Vocal Interactions: Flight
Calling rhythm as a predictor of the outcome of vocal interactions: flight departure in pale-winged starling pairs Martine Hausberger, Aline Giacalone, Mariane Harmand, Adrian J.F.K. Craig, Laurence Henry To cite this version: Martine Hausberger, Aline Giacalone, Mariane Harmand, Adrian J.F.K. Craig, Laurence Henry. Call- ing rhythm as a predictor of the outcome of vocal interactions: flight departure in pale-winged starling pairs. The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften, Springer Verlag, 2020, 107 (1), pp.2. 10.1007/s00114-019-1658-1. hal-02402295 HAL Id: hal-02402295 https://hal-univ-rennes1.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02402295 Submitted on 10 Dec 2019 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. 1 Title 2 Calling rhythm as a predictor of the outcome of vocal interactions: flight 3 departure in pale-winged starling pairs 4 5 6 Authors 7 Martine Hausberger1 Aline Giacalone2, Mariane Harmand2, Adrian J.F.K. Craig3, 8 Laurence Henry2 9 10 Affiliation 11 1 CNRS, Laboratoire d’Ethologie animale et humaine, UMR 6552, Université de Rennes, 12 Université de Caen-Normandie, France 13 2 Université de Rennes, Laboratoire d’Ethologie animale et humaine, UMR 6552, CNRS, 14 Université de Caen-Normandie, France 15 3 Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa 16 17 Corresponding author: Laurence Henry: [email protected] 18 19 1 20 Abstract 21 Vocal communication plays an important role in the regulation of social interactions and 22 the coordination of activities in many animal species. -
The Collection of Birds from São Tomé and Príncipe at the Instituto De Investigação Científica Tropical of the University of Lisbon (Portugal)
A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 600:The 155–167 collection (2016) of birds from São Tomé and Príncipe at the Instituto de Investigação... 155 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.600.7899 DATA PAPER http://zookeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research The collection of birds from São Tomé and Príncipe at the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical of the University of Lisbon (Portugal) Miguel Monteiro1,2, Luís Reino1,2,3, Martim Melo1,4, Pedro Beja1,2, Cristiane Bastos-Silveira5, Manuela Ramos7, Diana Rodrigues5, Isabel Queirós Neves5,6, Susana Consciência8, Rui Figueira1,2 1 CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Portugal 2 CEABN/InBio, Centro de Ecologia Aplicada “Professor Baeta Neves”, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal 3 CIBIO/InBIO-Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade de Évora, 7004-516 Évora, Portugal 4 Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701X, South Africas 5 Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa, Rua da Escola Politécnica 56, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal 6 CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal 7 MARE-FCUL, DOP/UAç - Departamento Oceanografia e Pescas, Univ. Açores, Rua Prof. Dr. Fre- derico Machado, 9901-862 Horta, Portugal 8 Estrada de Mem Martins n251 1ºDto, 2725-391 Mem Martins, Sintra, Portugal Corresponding author: Rui Figueira ([email protected]) Academic editor: G. Sangster | Received 29 January 2015 | Accepted 2 June 2016 | Published 22 June 2016 http://zoobank.org/68209E54-00D0-4EFA-B095-AB7D346ACD8E Citation: Monteiro M, Reino L, Melo M, Beja P, Bastos-Silveira C, Ramos M, Rodrigues D, Neves IQ, Consciência S, Figueira R (2016) The collection of birds from São Tomé and Príncipe at the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical of the University of Lisbon (Portugal). -
Recent Literature
Vol.1956XXVII RecentLiterature [129 juvenile, and r.ecorded on August 1, 1953, at an age of more •han 28 years an,d 13 days, whi.chwould appear to establish a new lonsevity record for any species in the wild. Details were not given, ex.cept the band num•ber(Viborg ,D 7101).]-- E. Alexander Bergstrom, 37 Ol.d Brook Road, West Hartford 7, ,Conn. RECENT LITERATURE BANDING (See also Numbers 25, 26, 27, 30, 58, 61, 62, 63) 1. Banding of Various Species of Birds (in Norway), 1953 and 1954.-- (Ringmerking av Forskjellige Fuglearter. RingmerkingsresultaterVIII.) M. Marti.nsenand A. Wildhagen. 1955. •Publishedby Statens Viltund.ersOl•elser.50 pp. During 1953 and 1954 a total of 15,820 birds were ,bandedunder the Statens Viltunders•kelsers scheme. ,Speciesbanded in greatest numbers were the Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) 2,841; Redwing (Turdus musicus) 503; Common Gull (Larus canus) 653; and Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) 1,404. Included in the report are the records of 226 recoveriesfrom 1953 and 265 from 1954. Aanor•g the interesting foreign recoveriesare those of three Pied Flycatchers (Muscicapa hypoleuca) banded as young and recoveredin Portugal, a Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) banded as a young bird and recovered in Yugoslavia, and a Heron (Ardea cinerea) banded in Norway as a young bird in June and, xecovevedin Ireland during the following November.--D. S. Farner. 2. Bird-Banding in Norway 1954.--Holger Holgersen. 1955. Sterna (Stav- anger Museum) No. 21. 40 pp. This report includes the ban,ding effected by the Stayanger Museum (20,644 .birds banded), Statens Viltm•ders•kelser (8,534) and the University of Osle (166) during 1954. -
Program Book
2 6 th I nternational O rnithological C ongress 第二十六回国際鳥類学会議 26th International Ornithological Congress Table of Contents Welcome Address …………………………………………… 3 Committee …………………………………………………… 6 Sponsors …………………………………………………… 8 Access ……………………………………………………… 9 Campus Map ……………………………………………… 10 Guidelines for Presenters ……………………………… 11 Poster Presentation Allocation ………………………… 12 Exhibitions ………………………………………………… 13 Social Program …………………………………………… 14 Special Program ………………………………………… 15 Tours ……………………………………………………… 17 Bird Art and Carving ……………………………………… 20 IOC2014 Travel Grants …………………………………… 21 Program at a Glance …………………………………… 22 Detailed Program ………………………………………… 36 Participants’ List ………………………………………… 94 3 Welcome Address Dear ornithologists, colleagues and friends, I am extending a warm welcome to the 26th International Ornithological Congress, which is hosted by the Ornithological Society of Japan and convened by Professor Keisuke Ueda. Japanese ornithology has enjoyed a long and distin- guished history in all areas of avian biology and maintaining a wide international network of collaborative studies. The host and sponsors of the 26th International Ornithological Congress enabled many avian biologists and ornithologists from all over the world to attend the congress and present their studies. International ornithological congresses have a long history of integrating all branches of science, from basic research in physiology, morphology, and molecu- lar biology, to applied research in conservation, medicine, and agriculture, because birds are -
Arabian Peninsula
THE CONSERVATION STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREEDING BIRDS OF THE ARABIAN PENINSULA Compiled by Andy Symes, Joe Taylor, David Mallon, Richard Porter, Chenay Simms and Kevin Budd ARABIAN PENINSULA The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM - Regional Assessment About IUCN IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN’s work focuses on valuing and conserving nature, ensuring effective and equitable governance of its use, and deploying nature-based solutions to global challenges in climate, food and development. IUCN supports scientific research, manages field projects all over the world, and brings governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world’s oldest and largest global environmental organization, with almost 1,300 government and NGO Members and more than 15,000 volunteer experts in 185 countries. IUCN’s work is supported by almost 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. www.iucn.org About the Species Survival Commission The Species Survival Commission (SSC) is the largest of IUCN’s six volunteer commissions with a global membership of around 7,500 experts. SSC advises IUCN and its members on the wide range of technical and scientific aspects of species conservation, and is dedicated to securing a future for biodiversity. SSC has significant input into the international agreements dealing with biodiversity conservation. About BirdLife International BirdLife International is the world’s largest nature conservation Partnership. BirdLife is widely recognised as the world leader in bird conservation. -
Additions to the Ethiopian Bird Atlas: 126 New Records from 14 Atlas Squares
Scopus 36(1): 1–14, January 2016 Additions to the Ethiopian bird atlas: 126 new records from 14 atlas squares Ole Tobias Rannestad Summary The bird atlas for Ethiopia provides an unsurpassed overview of the country’s avian diversity and species distribution. However, many atlas squares have not been regularly visited by ornithologists, and there are numerous knowledge gaps. I provide 126 major and minor range extensions for 118 species across 14 atlas squares. A total of 15 species were also recorded outside their known altitudinal range in Ethiopia. All records are from 2007–2014. Records from big game hunting areas Demmero and Odo Bulu (square 99a) and Sala (107a) constitute the bulk of the report. There are also new species from sites frequently visited by travellers, such as Awasa (83c), Gonder (29a) and Axum (16d). Prominent gap-fillers include Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatus, Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus, Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps, Shelley’s Starling Lamprotornis shelleyi and Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti. Introduction In 2009, John Ash and John Atkins published the most comprehensive bird account for Ethiopia to date (Ash & Atkins 2009). The atlas is based on more than 100,000 records, and describes in detail the known range for a total of 837 species across 418 Ethiopian atlas squares (tetra l remote and more or less inaccessible regions, results in numerous species distribution gaps in the atlas. This applies for many, if not most, bird species. This report is a supplementary account to the Ethiopian bird atlas. It comprises gap-filling records for bird species seen outside the range presented in Ash & Atkins (2009). -
Biodiversity Assessment and Alien Plant Control Plan
BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT AND ALIEN PLANT CONTROL PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE SDANGENI ACCESS ROAD, DR NKOSAZANA DLAMINI ZUMA LOCAL MUNICIPALITY, SISONKE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, KWAZULU-NATAL Compiled by Compiled for Ross Goode & Dr Bruce Scott-Shaw Amishka Mothilal NatureStamp (Pty) Ltd SLR Consulting Tel 078 399 9139 Tel 011 467 0945 Email [email protected] Email [email protected] DECEMBER 2020 DRAFT REPORT 1 Table of Contents Annexures ......................................................................................................................................................... 3 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Project Background and Description of the Activity ........................................................... 5 1.2 Terms of Reference ........................................................................................................................ 7 1.3 Legislation Guiding this Assessment .......................................................................................... 7 2. STUDY SITE ............................................................................................................................................ 9 3. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Desktop assessment.................................................................................................................... -
Somaliland Rep 12
Somali Lark is one of the very special larks of Somaliland. (Nigel Redman) DJIBOUTI & SOMALILAND 9 – 27 SEPTEMBER 2012 LEADER: NIGEL REDMAN The second Birdquest tour to Djibouti and Somaliland proved to be as great a success as the first, and our intrepid, well-travelled group was able to enjoy all of the Somaliland endemics and specialities, as well as experience one of the least-known countries in the world. A total of 303 species was a good tally for this itinerary and included no fewer than 63 ‘diamond’ species (birds considered special for various reasons). The highlights of the tour were undoubtedly the suite of endemics and near-endemics: Archer’s Buzzard, Djibouti Francolin, Little Brown Bustard, Somali Pigeon, Somali and Collared Larks, Lesser Hoopoe-Lark, Somali Wheatear, Sombre Rock Chat, Somali Thrush, Philippa’s Crombec, Somali Starling, Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak and Warsangli Linnet. Apart from the endemics, Somaliland is perhaps best known for its wealth and diversity of larks, and we saw 15 species, several of which are very poorly known indeed. In addition, we also enjoyed a good number of rather special, localized species that are often hard to see elsewhere such as 1 Birdquest Tour Report: Djibouti & Somaliland 2012 www.birdquest-tours.com Heuglin’s and Arabian Bustards, White-eyed Gull, Somali Bee-eater, Yellow-breasted Barbet, Somali Crombec, Arabian Warbler, Gambaga Flycatcher, Nile Valley Sunbird, Red-naped Bush-shrike, Golden- breasted, Shelley’s, Magpie and White-crowned Starlings, Somali and Arabian Golden Sparrows, Northern Grosbeak-Canary and White-throated Seedeater. We were also pleased to find the ‘Daallo Scops Owl’, an owl discovered on the 2010 tour that sounds like Arabian Scops Owl but which may prove to be a distinct species. -
Sturnidae Tree, Part
Sturnidae (Starlings) III Rhabdornithini Graculinae Graculini Sturnini Madagascan Starling, Hartlaubius auratus Cinnyricinclini Violet-backed Starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Slender-billed Starling, Onychognathus tenuirostris Sturninae Pale-winged Starling, Onychognathus nabouroup Onychognathini Red-winged Starling, Onychognathus morio ?Neumann’s Starling, Onychognathus neumanni Chestnut-winged Starling, Onychognathus fulgidus Waller’s Starling, Onychognathus walleri Tristram’s Starling, Onychognathus tristramii White-billed Starling, Onychognathus albirostris Bristle-crowned Starling, Onychognathus salvadorii Somali Starling, Onychognathus blythii Socotra Chestnut-winged Starling, Onychognathus frater Black-bellied Starling, Notopholia corrusca Purple-headed Starling, Hylopsar purpureiceps Copper-tailed Starling, Hylopsar cupreocauda Spot-winged Starling, Saroglossa spiloptera Babbling Starling, Neocichla gutturalis White-collared Starling, Grafisia torquata Magpie Starling, Speculipastor bicolor Lamprotornini Sharpe’s Starling, Pholia sharpii Abbott’s Starling, Poeoptera femoralis Narrow-tailed Starling, Poeoptera lugubris Stuhlmann’s Starling, Poeoptera stuhlmanni Kenrick’s Starling, Poeoptera kenricki Hildebrandt’s Starling, Lamprotornis hildebrandti Shelley’s Starling, Lamprotornis shelleyi Burchell’s Starling, Lamprotornis australis Rueppell’s Starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera Long-tailed Starling, Lamprotornis caudatus Meves’s Starling, Lamprotornis mevesii Ashy Starling, Lamprotornis unicolor Lesser Blue-eared Starling, Lamprotornis