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Mozambique 30/10-11/11 2011
Mozambique 30/10-11/11 2011 Nyati Lodge, Saõ Sebastiaõ Introduction This former Portuguese colony, with a bad history of a recent civil war, is not a well visited area for bird watching. This was fully clear when my non birding, but wildlife interested wife came up with this as our autumn destination for 2011. Searching the internet for trip reports, bird guides and other what-to-do and what-to-see activities resulted in almost nothing. Because we both have had quite a tough working period just before our leave this was more like a real family vacation in the end. That meant less local activities than expected. For example, we had the intention of rent a car and drive our selves. Nothing we tried, though it is possible. Not much of traffic, almost no signs of military activity or police ditto and the roads not as bad as expected. Your hotel can easily arrange this if you wish. This trip was bought from the Swedish agency Sydafrikaresor www.sydafrikaresor.se web page only in Swedish. They organized with flights and hotel when we had decided to go to Vilanculos, a small seaside town about 700 km north of Maputo, the capitol city of Mozambique. The total cost for flights and room, with breakfast included, ended up with 2840 Euros each. We flew with SAS to London and then with the excellent South African Airways to Jo’burg. The last leg we flew with Mozambique Air to Vilanculos, with a short stopover in Inhambane. The return flight was directly from Vilanculos to Jo’burg. -
Ornithological Literature
Wilson Bull., 98(l), 1986, pp. 173-188 ORNITHOLOGICAL LITERATURE AVIAN ECOLOGY.By C. M. Perrins and T. R. Birkhead. Methuen, Inc., 733 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10017, 1983:221 pp., 40 numbered tables, 76 numbered text figures, references,index. $2 1.OO (paper). - This book is designedto fill the authors’ perceived gap in the literature of material for “. the advanced undergraduateand the seriousamateur wishing to know more about the ways of birds . .” After a brief introduction there are eight chaptersranging in topic from social systemsthrough reproduction and migration in which the authors attempt to tell us a little about each of the major topics in the ecology of birds. Owing to the geographiclocation of the authors, the book is decidedly slanted towards the European literature and for the most part ignores many of the “traditional” examplesfrom North America. This is not necessarilya criticism, however, as I for one am really behind on the Europeanliterature and found this book to be quite informative in that regard. In Chapter 1 the authors give an overview of their approach to the book in which they discusseach characteristicfrom its adaptive standpoint and compare the experimental and comparative approachesto bird biology. Chapter 2 deals with social systems,namely ter- ritoriality and coloniality. Territoriality, shown to be the result of competition for scarce resources,is said to limit populations. Brown’s economic defendability model is supported with Gill and Wolfs fine sunbird study. Interspecific territoriality is examined using Reed’s Great Tit (Pam major) and Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) study. The advantagesof colo- niality are divided into antipredator and feeding categories,while the costs are listed as increasedcompetition, risks of rearing unrelated young, cannibalism, and increasedtrans- mission of ectoparasitesand disease.As in the remaining chapters, Chapter 2 ends with a short summary. -
Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa Camelopardalis Ssp
Angolan Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. angolensis) Appendix 1: Historical and recent geographic range and population of Angolan Giraffe G. c. angolensis Geographic Range ANGOLA Historical range in Angola Giraffe formerly occurred in the mopane and acacia savannas of southern Angola (East 1999). According to Crawford-Cabral and Verissimo (2005), the historic distribution of the species presented a discontinuous range with two, reputedly separated, populations. The western-most population extended from the upper course of the Curoca River through Otchinjau to the banks of the Kunene (synonymous Cunene) River, and through Cuamato and the Mupa area further north (Crawford-Cabral and Verissimo 2005, Dagg 1962). The intention of protecting this western population of G. c. angolensis, led to the proclamation of Mupa National Park (Crawford-Cabral and Verissimo 2005, P. Vaz Pinto pers. comm.). The eastern population occurred between the Cuito and Cuando Rivers, with larger numbers of records from the southeast corner of the former Mucusso Game Reserve (Crawford-Cabral and Verissimo 2005, Dagg 1962). By the late 1990s Giraffe were assumed to be extinct in Angola (East 1999). According to Kuedikuenda and Xavier (2009), a small population of Angolan Giraffe may still occur in Mupa National Park; however, no census data exist to substantiate this claim. As the Park was ravaged by poachers and refugees, it was generally accepted that Giraffe were locally extinct until recent re-introductions into southern Angola from Namibia (Kissama Foundation 2015, East 1999, P. Vaz Pinto pers. comm.). BOTSWANA Current range in Botswana Recent genetic analyses have revealed that the population of Giraffe in the Central Kalahari and Khutse Game Reserves in central Botswana is from the subspecies G. -
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. -
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Ornithological Observations http://oo.adu.org.za An electronic journal published by the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town and BirdLife South Africa Ornithological Observations accepts papers containing faunistic information about birds. This includes descriptions of distribution, behaviour, breeding, foraging, food, movement, measurements, habitat and plumage. It will also consider for publication a variety of other interesting or relevant ornithological material: reports of projects and conferences, annotated checklists for a site or region, specialist bibliographies, and any other interesting or relevant material. Editor: Arnold van der Westhuizen FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE GLEANING GUILD IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Warwick Fraser Recommended citation format: Fraser W 2015. Foraging behaviour of some members of the gleaning guild in southern Africa. Ornithological Observations, Vol 6: 51-56 URL: http://oo.adu.org.za/content.php?id=177 Published online: 29 April 2015 - ISSN 2219-0341 - Ornithological Observations, Vol 6: 51-56 51 FORAGING BEHAVIOUR OF SOME MEMBERS OF THE GLEANING GUILD IN SOUTHERN AFRICA Warwick Fraser* PO Box 1511, Nottingham Road, 3280. * Corresponding author: [email protected] Introduction There are a number of small bird species that forage within the leaf zone of trees and shrubs feeding off arthropods. Although not clearly defined these birds have been termed the "foliage gleaners" and the "gleaning guild". In South Africa there are some 30 species that can be classified as being foliage gleaners and these are birds that weigh from 6 to 15 g and belong to the families Sylvidae and Muscicapidae. Each woodland and forest habitat has a number of these foliage gleaning species that occur in varying numbers and these co-exist apparently sharing a broad food source. -
The Birds (Aves) of Oromia, Ethiopia – an Annotated Checklist
European Journal of Taxonomy 306: 1–69 ISSN 2118-9773 https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.306 www.europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu 2017 · Gedeon K. et al. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Monograph urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A32EAE51-9051-458A-81DD-8EA921901CDC The birds (Aves) of Oromia, Ethiopia – an annotated checklist Kai GEDEON 1,*, Chemere ZEWDIE 2 & Till TÖPFER 3 1 Saxon Ornithologists’ Society, P.O. Box 1129, 09331 Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany. 2 Oromia Forest and Wildlife Enterprise, P.O. Box 1075, Debre Zeit, Ethiopia. 3 Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Centre for Taxonomy and Evolutionary Research, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. * Corresponding author: [email protected] 2 Email: [email protected] 3 Email: [email protected] 1 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F46B3F50-41E2-4629-9951-778F69A5BBA2 2 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:F59FEDB3-627A-4D52-A6CB-4F26846C0FC5 3 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:A87BE9B4-8FC6-4E11-8DB4-BDBB3CFBBEAA Abstract. Oromia is the largest National Regional State of Ethiopia. Here we present the first comprehensive checklist of its birds. A total of 804 bird species has been recorded, 601 of them confirmed (443) or assumed (158) to be breeding birds. At least 561 are all-year residents (and 31 more potentially so), at least 73 are Afrotropical migrants and visitors (and 44 more potentially so), and 184 are Palaearctic migrants and visitors (and eight more potentially so). Three species are endemic to Oromia, 18 to Ethiopia and 43 to the Horn of Africa. 170 Oromia bird species are biome restricted: 57 to the Afrotropical Highlands biome, 95 to the Somali-Masai biome, and 18 to the Sudan-Guinea Savanna biome. -
A Description of Copulation in the Kori Bustard J Ardeotis Kori
i David C. Lahti & Robert B. Payne 125 Bull. B.O.C. 2003 123(2) van Someren, V. G. L. 1918. A further contribution to the ornithology of Uganda (West Elgon and district). Novitates Zoologicae 25: 263-290. van Someren, V. G. L. 1922. Notes on the birds of East Africa. Novitates Zoologicae 29: 1-246. Sorenson, M. D. & Payne, R. B. 2001. A single ancient origin of brood parasitism in African finches: ,' implications for host-parasite coevolution. Evolution 55: 2550-2567. 1 Stevenson, T. & Fanshawe, J. 2002. Field guide to the birds of East Africa. T. & A. D. Poyser, London. Sushkin, P. P. 1927. On the anatomy and classification of the weaver-birds. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. 57: 1-32. Vernon, C. J. 1964. The breeding of the Cuckoo-weaver (Anomalospiza imberbis (Cabanis)) in southern Rhodesia. Ostrich 35: 260-263. Williams, J. G. & Keith, G. S. 1962. A contribution to our knowledge of the Parasitic Weaver, Anomalospiza s imberbis. Bull. Brit. Orn. Cl. 82: 141-142. Address: Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of " > Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, U.S.A. email: [email protected]. 1 © British Ornithologists' Club 2003 I A description of copulation in the Kori Bustard j Ardeotis kori struthiunculus \ by Sara Hallager Received 30 May 2002 i Bustards are an Old World family with 25 species in 6 genera (Johnsgard 1991). ? Medium to large ground-dwelling birds, they inhabit the open plains and semi-desert \ regions of Africa, Australia and Eurasia. The International Union for Conservation | of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Animals lists four f species of bustard as Endangered, one as Vulnerable and an additional six as Near- l Threatened, although some species have scarcely been studied and so their true I conservation status is unknown. -
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 -
Effects of Habitat Disturbance on Distribution and Abundance Of
EFFECTS OF HABITAT DISTURBANCE ON DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF PAPYRUS ENDEMIC BIRDS IN SIO PORT SWAMP, WESTERN KENYA By Stellah Nekesa Wanyonyi (B.Ed Science, Nairobi) (Reg. No. I56/80824/2012) A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science (Biology of Conservation) in the School of Biological Sciences, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI May 2015 i DECLARATION I declare that this thesis is my original work and has not been submitted for examination in any other University for the award of a degree. ________________________________ _______________________ Stellah Nekesa Wanyonyi Date (Reg. No. I56/80824/2012) SUPERVISORS This thesis has been submitted for examination with our approval as the university supervisors. ________________________________ _______________________ Dr. Evans Mwangi Date School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi ________________________________ _______________________ Prof. Nathan Gichuki Date School of Biological Sciences, University of Nairobi ii DEDICATION This thesis is dedicated to my family and the community in Sio Port swamp. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to sincerely thank my supervisors; Dr. Evans Mwangi, Prof. Nathan Gichuki and Prof. Agnes Muthumbi for their effort and time to share knowledge with me. I would also like to thank the following: Mr. Martin Odino from National Museums of Kenya for working as my research assistant throughout the research period; Mr. Mutiso the plant identification specialist at the University of Nairobi Herbarium for assisting in the identification of plant specimens collected from Sio Port Swamp; Mr. Elisha Were for offering a camping site and taking me around the swamp in a canoe; Sio Port Community at large for their warm welcome. -
The Bustards the Bustards
EndangeredEndangered BirdsBirds ofof BOTSWANA:BOTSWANA: TheThe BustardsBustards Commemorative Stamp Issue: August 2017 BOTSWANA BOTSWANA P5.00 P7.00 KATLEGO BALOI KATLEGO KATLEGO BALOI KATLEGO Red-crested Korhaan & Black-Bellied Bustard Northern Black Korhaan BOTSWANA BOTSWANA P9.00 P10.00 O R O B N E A G KATLEGO BALOI KATLEGO 0 7 BALOI KATLEGO 1 . 0 8 . 1 Denham’s Bustard Ludwig’s Bustard Endangered Birds of Botswana THE BUSTARDS ORDER: Otidiformes FAMILY: Otididae Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World. They are omnivorous and nest on the ground. They walk steadily on strong legs and big toes, pecking for food as they go. They have long broad wings with “fingered” wingtips and striking patterns in flight. Many have interesting mating displays. (source: Wikipedia) DID YOU KNOW? The national bird of Botswana is the Kori Bustard KGORI /KORI BUSTARD/ Ardeotis kori and Chick Kori Bustard B 50t Botswana’s national bird. These bustards are the O largest and heaviest of the worlds’ flying birds. T S Found in open treeless areas throughout Botswana, W A they unfortunately have become scarce outside N protected areas, largely because people still kill A KATLEGO BALOI them to eat, despite it being illegal to hunt Kori Bustards in Botswana. They walk over the ground with long strides rather than to fly; indeed, results of satellite tracking in Central Kalahari Game Reserve showed most birds hardly moved beyond a 20 km radius in 2 years! (NO SPECIFIC SETSWANA NAME)/BLACK-BELLIED BOTSWANA KOORHAN/ Lissotis melanogaster P5.00 This bustard is found only in northern Botswana. -
The Eco-Ethology of the Karoo Korhaan Eupodotis Virgorsil
THE ECO-ETHOLOGY OF THE KAROO KORHAAN EUPODOTIS VIGORSII. BY M.G.BOOBYER University of Cape Town SUBMITIED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (ORNITHOLOGY) UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN RONDEBOSCH 7700 CAPE TOWN The copyright of this thesis vests in the author. No quotation from it or information derived from it is to be published without full acknowledgement of the source. The thesis is to be used for private study or non- commercial research purposes only. Published by the University of Cape Town (UCT) in terms of the non-exclusive license granted to UCT by the author. University of Cape Town University of Cape Town PREFACE The study of the Karoo Korhaan allowed me a far broader insight in to the Karoo than would otherwise have been possible. The vast openness of the Karoo is a monotony to those who have not stopped and looked. Many people were instrumental in not only encouraging me to stop and look but also in teaching me to see. The farmers on whose land I worked are to be applauded for their unquestioning approval of my activities and general enthusiasm for studies concerning the veld and I am particularly grateful to Mnr. and Mev. Obermayer (Hebron/Merino), Mnr. and Mev. Steenkamp (Inverdoorn), Mnr. Bothma (Excelsior) and Mnr. Van der Merwe. Alwyn and Joan Pienaar of Bokvlei have my deepest gratitude for their generous hospitality and firm friendship. Richard and Sue Dean were a constant source of inspiration throughout the study and their diligence and enthusiasm in the field is an example to us all. -
Status, Threats and Conservation of the Great
RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS assuring high pollen availability to the A-line plants till aphrodisiac value, the species is close to extinction from their peak flowering. its native haunts. Therefore, investigative surveys were These results verify our earlier findings1 in case of hy- done in its potential areas in Cholistan. Forty-four per- brid seed production of KBSH-1. A genotypic difference tinent people and 59 active hunting groups were inter- between the R line in these two hybrids did not show any viewed in order to assess the status of the species and the problems linked with its exploitation and conser- difference in flowering in response to similar treatments. vation. The results revealed that the population is on a Hastening of flowering following GA3 treatment to the 2 3 continuous decline. In about four years, nearly 49 out seeds in sorghum and rice , and nitrogen to pearl millet of 63 birds sighted were killed. The bird is under in- 4 and sorghum was reported. Hydration of seeds before tense pressure of human persecution and trade. The sowing had preponed flowering in maize variety5 and pa- study further highlights the implications needed to re- rental lines of hybrid, Sartaj6. Therefore, it can also be verse the fast extinction rate of the GIB from the concluded that seed priming with GA3 and application of province in particular and the country in general. urea (1%) as spray can be recommended as an effective technology for manipulation (preponement) of flowering Keywords: Conservation, Great Indian Bustard, status, of late parent to achieve perfect synchrony for economic threat.