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Olume 34 • No 4 • 2012 DUTCH BIRDINGVOLUME 34 • NO 4 • 2012 Dutch Birding Dutch Birding HOO F D R EDACTEU R Arnoud van den Berg (023-5378024, [email protected]) ADJUNCT HOO F D R EDACTEU R Enno Ebels (030-2961335, [email protected]) UITVOE R END R EDACTEU R André van Loon (020-6997585, [email protected]) FOTOG R A F ISCH R EDACTEU R René Pop (0222-316801, [email protected]) REDACTIE R AAD Peter Adriaens, Sander Bot, Ferdy Hieselaar, Gert Ottens, Roy Slaterus, Roland van der Vliet en Rik Winters REDACTIE -ADVIES R AAD Peter Barthel, Mark Constantine, Andrea Corso, Dick Forsman, Ricard Gutiérrez, Killian Mullarney, Klaus Malling Olsen, Magnus Robb, Hadoram Shirihai en Lars Internationaal tijdschrift over Svensson Palearctische vogels REDACTIEMEDEWE R KE R S Max Berlijn, Harvey van Diek, Nils van Duivendijk, Steve Geelhoed, Marcel Haas, Jan van der Laan, Hans van der Meulen, Kees Roselaar, Vincent van der Spek, Jan Hein van Steenis, Pieter van Veelen en Peter de Vries REDACTIE PR ODUCTIE EN LAY -OUT André van Loon en René Pop Dutch Birding ADVE R TENTIES Debby Doodeman, p/a Dutch Birding, Postbus 75611, 1070 AP Amsterdam Duinlustparkweg 98A [email protected] 2082 EG Santpoort-Zuid Nederland ABONNEMENTEN De abonnementsprijs voor 2012 bedraagt: EUR 39.50 (Nederland en België), [email protected] EUR 40.00 (rest van Europa) en EUR 43.00 (landen buiten Europa). Abonnees in Nederland ontvangen ook het dvd-jaaroverzicht. FOTO R EDACTIE U kunt zich abonneren door het overmaken van de abonnementsprijs op girorekening 01 50 697 (Nederland), girorekening 000 1592468 19 (België) of bankrekening Dutch Birding 54 93 30 348 van ABN•AMRO (Castricum), ovv ‘abonnement Dutch Birding’. Alle reke­ p/a René Pop ningen zijn ten name van de Dutch Birding Association. Het abonnement gaat in na Postbus 31 ontvangst van de betaling. 1790 AA Den Burg-Texel Nederland Dutch Birding is een tweemaandelijks tijdschrift. Het publiceert originele artikelen en mededelingen over morfologie, systematiek, voorkomen en verspreiding van vogels in de [email protected] Benelux, Europa en elders in het Palearctische gebied. Het publiceert tevens bijdragen over vogels in het Aziatisch-Pacifische gebied en andere gebieden. ABONNEMENTENADMINIST R ATIE p/a Gerald Oreel De volgorde van vogels in Dutch Birding volgt in eerste instantie een klassieke ‘Wetmore­ Deurganck 15 indeling’. Binnen dit raamwerk worden voor taxonomie en naamgeving de volgende 1902 AN Castricum overzichten aangehouden: Dutch Birding-vogelnamen door A B van den Berg (2008, Nederland Amsterdam; online update 2012) (taxonomie en wetenschappelijke, Nederlandse en Engelse namen van West-Palearctische vogels); Vogels van de wereld – complete checklist door [email protected] M Walters (1997, Baarn) (Nederlandse namen van overige vogels van de wereld); The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world (derde editie) door WWW .DUTCHBI R DING .NL E C Dickinson (redactie) (2003, Londen) (taxonomie en wetenschappelijke namen van [email protected] overige vogels van de wereld); en Birds of the world: recommended English names door F Gill & M Wright (2006, Londen; online update 2010) (Engelse namen van overige vogels BESTUU R in de wereld). Dutch Birding Association Postbus 75611 Voor (de voorbereiding van) bijzondere publicaties op het gebied van determinatie en/of 1070 AP Amsterdam taxonomie kan het Dutch Birding-fonds aan auteurs een financiële bijdrage leveren (zie Dutch Nederland Birding 24: 125, 2001, en www.dutchbirding.nl onder ‘Tijdschrift’). [email protected] www.dutchbirding.nl COMMISSIE DWAALGASTEN WEB R EDACTIE Garry Bakker, Gijsbert van der Bent en Ben Wielstra. FOTO R EDACTIE Menno van NEDE R LANDSE AVI F AUNA Duijn en Chris van Rijswijk. GELUIDEN R EDACTIE Kasper Hendriks WEBMASTE R S Albert van den CDNA Ende, Jeroen van Vianen (DBAlerts) en Peter Weiland. Duinlustparkweg 98A 2082 EG Santpoort-Zuid Dutch Birding Association Nederland BESTUU R Arjan van Egmond (voorzitter, 071-4010656; 06-21585788), Rob Gordijn, Wietze [email protected] Janse, Thierry Jansen (penningmeester) en Han Zevenhuizen (secretaris); tevens is de redactie van Dutch Birding met een zetel vertegenwoordigd. BESTUU R SMEDEWE R KE R S Jurriën van Deijk, COMMISSIE SYSTEMATIEK Debby Doodeman, Thomas van der Es, Toy Janssen, Arnold Meijer, Gerald Oreel, Marc NEDE R LANDSE AVI F AUNA Plomp, Henk van Rijswijk, Pieter van Veelen, Jeroen van Vianen, Ruben Vlot, Kees de Vries CSNA, p/a George Sangster en Steven Wytema. [email protected] Commissie Dwaalgasten Nederlandse Avifauna (CDNA) LEDEN Rob van Bemmelen, Nils van Duivendijk, Dick Groenendijk (voorzitter), Arjan Ovaa, Willem van Rijswijk, Roy Slaterus, Arend Wassink en Rik Winters. MEDEWE R KE R Max Berlijn / Marcel Haas (archivaris). De CDNA is een commissie van de Dutch Birding Association en INSP R EEKLIJN de Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie. 010-4281212 Commissie Systematiek Nederlandse Avifauna (CSNA) LEDEN Arnoud van den Berg, André van Loon, Kees Roselaar en George Sangster (secretaris). INTE R NET De CSNA is een commissie van de Dutch Birding Association en de Nederlandse www.dutchbirding.nl Ornithologische Unie. © 2012 Stichting Dutch Birding Association. Het copyright van de foto’s en tekeningen blijft bij de fotografen en tekenaars. ISSN 0167-2878. Drukkerij robstolk®, Mauritskade 55, 1092 AD Amsterdam, Nederland, www.robstolk.nl Dutch Birding Dutch Birding CHIE F EDITO R Arnoud van den Berg (+31-235378024, [email protected]) DEPUTY CHIE F EDITO R Enno Ebels (+31-302961335, [email protected]) EXECUTIVE EDITO R André van Loon (+31-206997585, [email protected]) PHOTOG R APHIC EDITO R René Pop (+31-222316801, [email protected]) EDITO R IAL BOA R D Peter Adriaens, Sander Bot, Ferdy Hieselaar, Gert Ottens, Roy Slaterus, Roland van der Vliet and Rik Winters EDITO R IAL ADVISO R Y BOA R D Peter Barthel, Mark Constantine, Andrea Corso, Dick Forsman, Ricard Gutiérrez, Killian Mullarney, Klaus Malling Olsen, Magnus Robb, Hadoram Shirihai and Lars Svensson International journal on EDITO R IAL ASSISTANTS Max Berlijn, Harvey van Diek, Nils van Duivendijk, Steve Geelhoed, Palearctic birds Marcel Haas, Jan van der Laan, Hans van der Meulen, Kees Roselaar, Vincent van der Spek, Jan Hein van Steenis, Pieter van Veelen and Peter de Vries PR ODUCTION AND LAY -OUT André van Loon and René Pop EDITO R S Dutch Birding ADVE R TISING Debby Doodeman, c/o Dutch Birding, Postbus 75611, 1070 AP Amsterdam [email protected] Duinlustparkweg 98A 2082 EG Santpoort-Zuid SUBSC R IPTIONS The subscription rate for 2012 is: EUR 39.50 (Netherlands and Belgium), EUR Netherlands 40.00 (Europe) and EUR 43.00 (countries outside Europe). Subscribers in the Netherlands also receive the DVD year review. [email protected] Subscribers in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway and Sweden are kindly requested to pay the subscription fee to our local bank accounts in these countries. Details PHOTOG R APHIC EDITO R can be found on the internet (www.dutchbirding.nl). Dutch Birding British subscribers are requested to pay exclusively by Sterling cheque. Cheques should be c/o René Pop sent to Dutch Birding, c/o Gerald Oreel, Deurganck 15, 1902 AN Castricum, Netherlands. Postbus 31 Subscribers in other countries can make their payment by credit card (Access, Eurocard, MasterCard or Visa). Please send an e-mail indicating your credit card type, account number, 1790 AA Den Burg-Texel the expiry date and full address details to [email protected]. The subscription Netherlands starts upon receipt of payment and already published issues will be sent. [email protected] Dutch Birding is a bimonthly journal. It publishes original papers and notes on morphology, systematics, oc cur rence and distribution of birds in the Benelux, Europe and elsewhere in SUBSC R IPTION ADMINISTRATION the Palearctic region. It also publishes contributions on birds in the Asian-Pacific region and c/o Gerald Oreel other regions. Deurganck 15 The sequence of birds in Dutch Birding basically follows a classic ‘Wetmore sequence’. Within 1902 AN Castricum this framework, the following lists are used for taxonomy and nomenclature: Dutch Birding bird Netherlands names by A B van den Berg (2008, Amsterdam; online update 2012) (taxonomy and scientific, [email protected] Dutch and English names of Western Palearctic birds); Vogels van de wereld – complete checklist by M Walters (1997, Baarn) (Dutch names of remaining birds of the world); The WWW .DUTCHBI R DING .NL Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world (third edition) by E C Dickinson [email protected] (editor) (2003, London) (taxonomy and scientific names of remaining birds of the world); and Birds of the world: recommended English names by F Gill & M Wright (2006, London; BOA R D online update 2010) (English names of remaining birds of the world). Dutch Birding Association For (preparation of) special publications regarding identification and/or taxonomy, the Dutch Postbus 75611 Birding Fund can offer financial support to authors (see Dutch Birding 24: 125, 2001, and 1070 AP Amsterdam www.dutchbirding.nl under ‘Journal’). Netherlands [email protected] www.dutchbirding.nl DUTCH R A R ITIES COMMITTEE WEB EDITO R S Garry Bakker, Gijsbert van der Bent and Ben Wielstra. PHOTOG R APHIC EDITO R S CDNA Menno van Duijn and Chris van Rijswijk. SOUNDS EDITO R Kasper Hendriks WEBMASTE R S Albert van den Ende, Jeroen van Vianen (DBAlerts) and Peter Weiland. Duinlustparkweg 98A 2082 EG Santpoort-Zuid Netherlands Dutch Birding Association [email protected] BOA R D Arjan van Egmond (president, +31-714010656; +31-621585788), Rob Gordijn, Wietze Janse, Thierry Jansen (treasurer) and Han Zevenhuizen (secretary); the editors of DUTCH COMMITTEE F O R Dutch Birding also have one seat in the board. BOA R D ASSISTANTS Jurriën van Deijk, Debby AVIAN SYSTEMATICS Doodeman, Thomas van der Es, Toy Janssen, Arnold Meijer, Gerald Oreel, Marc Plomp, Henk van Rijswijk, Pieter van Veelen, Jeroen van Vianen, Ruben Vlot, Kees de Vries and CSNA, c/o George Sangster Steven Wytema.
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