First Records of the Striped Crake Porzana Marginalis in the Maltese Islands

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Il-Merill 32 2010 First records of the Striped Crake Porzana marginalis in the Maltese Islands The Striped Crake Porzana marginalis is native to Ethiopian Africa but its actual range is poorly known. It has been recorded from sub-Saharan savannahs to South Africa, accidental to Algeria and Libya (Cramp & Simmons 1979). There is also one unconfirmed record from Morocco (Thevenot et al. 2003). In Europe it has been recorded only once, an adult female at Livorno, Italy on 4 January 1997 (Brichetti & Fracasso 2004). Two birds shot locally and hitherto unrecorded recently came to the authors‘ attention. The first bird identified during a re- assessment of the collections housed at the National Museum of Natural History in Mdina. This bird, a female, was shot at Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq on 29 March 1981 and is registered by the museum as NMNH/Orn.1000. The measurements of the bird were as follows: bill length 17.1mm; wing 10.5mm, tail 40.5mm, tarsus 38.3mm. The second bird, which was identified as a sub-adult female from the conditions of the plumage, was found in a private collection and was shot at Siġġiewi in April 2004. Photographs of the bird were taken and passed on to the National Rarities Committee. It should be noted that both birds were shot illegally, a practice that is a serious and widespread problem in the Maltese islands. The two records were submitted to the National Rarities Committee and were accepted during the meeting of the 10th December 2007. References Brichetti, P.A. & G. Fracasso. 2004. Ornitologia Italiana 2 Tetraonidae – Scolopacidae. Alberto Perdisa Editore, Bologna. Cramp. S. & K.E.L. Simmons (Eds). 1979. The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol.II. O.U.P., Oxford Thevenot, M., R. Vernon & P. Bergier. 2004. The Birds of Morocco. B.O.U. Checklist 20, UK. John J. Borg* & Denis Cachia** * National Museum of Natural History, Mdina. [email protected] **17, Gardenia Street, Sta.Lucia SLC 1194, Malta. [email protected] Denis Cachia Denis JohnBorg J The NMNH bird on the left and the Siggiewi bird on the right. 45 .

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