DOCSLIB.ORG

Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis PP 1 1 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo PP 1 1 Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus PP 1 1 African Darter Anhinga rufa PP 1 1 1 White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus PP 1 1 1 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens PP 1 1 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus P-min PP-pa 1 1 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii A 1 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax PP 1 1 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus R 1 1 1 Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides PP 1 1 1 Madagascar Squacco Heron Ardeola idae A-RR-CC 1 1 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris PP 1 1 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis A 1 1 1 Green-backed Heron Butorides striata R 1 1 1 Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca PP 1 1 1 Little Egret Egretta garzetta PP 1 1 1 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis PP-RR 1 Yellow-billed Egret Egretta intermedia PP 1 1 Great White Egret Egretta alba PP 1 1 1 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea R 1 1 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea PP 1 1 1 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala PP 1 1 1 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath R-cc 1 1 1 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta R 1 1 1 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis PP 1 1 1 Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus PP 1 1 1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra PP 1 1 Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii A 1 1 1 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus PP 1 1 1 White Stork Ciconia ciconia P 1 1 1 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis R-cc 1 1 1 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus PP 1 1 1 Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus PP 1 1 1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus PP 1 1 1 Hadeda Ibis Bostrychia hagedash R 1 1 1 African Spoonbill Platalea alba PP 1 1 1 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber PP-RR 1 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor PP-RR-CC 1 1 Fulvous Tree Duck Dendrocygna bicolor PP 1 1 1 White-faced Tree Duck Dendrocygna viduata PP 1 1 1 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus PP 1 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca PP 1 1 1 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis PP 1 1 1 Knob-billed (Comb) Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos PP 1 1 1 Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus PP 1 1 1 African Black Duck Anas sparsa R 1 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha PP 1 1 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota PP 1 1 Garganey Anas querquedula P-RR 1 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma PP 1 1 African Cuckoo Hawk Aviceda cuculoides PP 1 1 1 Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus P 1 1 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus R 1 1 1 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus PP 1 1 1 (Eurasian) Black Kite Milvus migrans migrans P Yellow-billed Kite Milvus migrans parasitus A 1 1 1 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer R 1 1 1 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis R 1 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus R 1 1 1 African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus R 1 1 1 Ruppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli PP-RR 1 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus R-CC 1 1 1 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis R 1 1 1 Black-breasted Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis PP 1 1 1 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus PP 1 1 1 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens R 1 1 1 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus PP-cc 1 1 1 Gymnogene (African Harrier-Hawk) Polyboroides typus R 1 1 1 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus P-RR 1 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus R-cc 1 1 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus P-CC 1 1 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus P 1 1 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates R 1 1 Gabar Goshawk Melierax gabar R 1 1 1 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus R 1 1 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis R 1 1 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus R 1 1 1 African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro R 1 1 Shikra (Little Banded Goshawk) Accipiter badius R 1 1 1 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus R 1 1 1 Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo P 1 1 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur R 1 Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi A 1 1 1 Lesser Spotted Eagle Aquila pomarina P 1 1 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax R 1 1 1 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis P 1 1 1 Black (Verreaux's) Eagle Aquila verreauxii R-RR 1 African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster R 1 1 1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus P (+A) 1 1 Ayres’s Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii PP 1 1 1 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis R 1 1 1 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus R 1 1 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus R 1 1 1 Osprey Pandion haliaetus P 1 1 1 Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius PP 1 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni P-CC 1 1 Rock (Common) Kestrel Falco tinninculus P / PP 1 Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni PP 1 1 1 Eastern Red-footed (Amur) Falcon Falco amurensis P 1 1 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera R 1 1 1 European Hobby Falco subbuteo P 1 1 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus PP 1 1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus P-cal PP-min 1 1 Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui R 1 Shelley’s Francolin Francolinus shelleyi R 1 1 Natal Francolin Francolinus natalensis R 1 Hildebrandt’s Francolin Francolinus hildebrandti R-RR 1 Swainson’s Francolin Francolinus swainsonii R 1 1 1 Red-necked Francolin Francolinus afer R 1 1 1 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei A 1 1 1 Blue Quail Coturnix chinensis A 1 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani R 1 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris R 1 1 1 Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus R 1 1 1 Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa R 1 1 Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi A 1 African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens R 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Corn Crake Crex crex P-CC 1 African Crake Crex egregia A 1 1 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris R 1 1 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana P-RR 1 Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis A-RR 1 1 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio porphyrio R 1 Lesser (Allen's) Gallinule Porphyrula alleni A 1 1 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus R 1 1 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata A 1 1 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata PP 1 1 Wattled Crane Grus carunculatus PP-CC 1 Southern (Grey) Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum R-cc 1 1 1 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis R 1 1 Denham’s Bustard Neotis denhami PP-CC 1 1 Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster R 1 1 1 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus PP 1 1 1 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis PP 1 Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis PP 1 1 1 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus PP 1 1 1 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta PP 1 Water Dikkop Burhinus vermiculatus R 1 1 1 Spotted Dikkop Burhinus capensis PP 1 1 1 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus R 1 1 1 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus A 1 1 1 Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii A 1 1 1 Common (Red-winged) Pratincole Glareola pratincola PP 1 1 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis A 1 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula P 1 1 Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecuarius PP 1 1 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris PP 1 1 1 White-fronted Sand Plover Charadrius marginatus PP 1 1 1 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii P-RR 1 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus P 1 1 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola P 1 1 Senegal Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus PP 1 1 White-crowned Plover Vanellus albiceps R 1 1 1 Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus PP 1 1 1 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus PP-RR 1 Lesser Black-winged Plover Vanellus lugubris PP-RR 1 1 Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus A 1 1 1 Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris R 1 Ethiopian Snipe Gallinago nigripennis PP 1 Great Snipe Gallinago media P-CC 1 1 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa P-RR 1 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica P-RR 1 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus P-RR 1 1 Curlew Numenius arquata P-RR 1 1 Common Redshank Tringa totanus P-RR 1 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis P 1 1 1 Greenshank Tringa nebularia P 1 1 1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus P 1 1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola P 1 1 1 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus P-RR 1 1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos P 1 1 1 Turnstone Arenaria interpres P 1 Sanderling Calidris alba P 1 1 Little Stint Calidris minuta P 1 1 1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea P 1 1 1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax P 1 1 1 Birds of the Luangwa Valley Jul 2013 ENGLISH NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME STATUS SLNP NLNP Luambe XP Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus P-RR 1 Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus PP 1 1 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus PP 1 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus P 1 1 1 African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris PP-CC 1 1 1 Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus R 1 1 1 Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis A 1 1 1 African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens R 1 1 1 Cape Turtle Dove Streptopelia capicola R 1 1 1 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata R 1 1 1 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos R 1 1 1 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria R 1 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis A 1 1 1 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus R 1 1 1 Brown-necked (Cape) Parrot Poicephalus robustus PP 1 1 1 Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri R 1 1 1 Lilian’s Lovebird Agapornis lilianae R 1 1 1 Schalow’s Turaco Tauraco schalowi R 1 1 Purple-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus R 1 1 1 Lady Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae R 1 1 Grey Lourie Corythaixoides concolor R 1 1 1 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius A (+P?) 1 1 1 Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus A 1 1 Striped Crested (Levaillant's) Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii A 1 1 1 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti PP 1 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius A 1 1 1 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus A 1 1 Eurasian Grey Cuckoo Cuculus canorus P 1 1 African Grey Cuckoo Cuculus gularis A 1 1 Asian Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus P-RR 1 Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Load more

Recommended publications
  • 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.
    [Show full text]
  • South Central Africa: Zambia and Malawi
    SOUTH CENTRAL AFRICA: ZAMBIA AND MALAWI 14 AUGUST – 9 SEPTEMBER 2022/2023 Black-backed Barbet is one of the many barbet targets on this trip. www.birdingecotours.com [email protected] 2 | ITINERARY South-central Africa: Zambia and Malawi It is surprising that Zambia and Malawi are not bombarded by birders! Probably they are just not particularly well-marketed, charismatic, and popular countries for birding tours. But this is certainly not because they’re not exactly as amazing as any of their more popular neighbors in East and South Africa. Their avifauna is incredible for advanced and novice birders alike; both countries are teaming with huge numbers of amazing birds that will delight beginners as well as experienced birders, including loads of regional (if not country) endemics, and even a number of “Congolese-Zambian” specials on the northern border of Zambia. In addition, these countries are not only teaming with birds, but also with loads of big animals, amazing sights, and everything else that makes Africa such a brilliant continent to travel in. On this tour we will visit a large number of areas in both countries proclaimed by BirdLife International as Important Bird Areas (IBAs), as well as several wonderful national parks – a route that hopefully will allow us to watch the majority of these exciting avian riches. Itinerary (27 days/26 nights) Day 1. Livingstone Arrival day at Harry Mwanga Nkumbula International Airport in Livingstone, Zambia. Depending on the time of arrival we will head out straight away in search of some of our target birds near to our lodge.
    [Show full text]
  • 2020/21 Catalogue
    2020/21 catalogue Birds | Reptiles | Trees | Geology | Mammals Popular science | General wildlife and more www.struiknatureclub.co.za BIRDS BIRDS A wide range of bird books, from field guides to collections of Birds bird calls and bird narratives. Covers the spectrum of bird ID, NEWMAN’S CLASSIC ID GUIDES behaviour, how to find birds, attract them and identify their calls. See also our series guides on pages 18–21. SASOL BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 5TH EDITION Updated, revised, with extensive new artwork, and access to bird calls using innovative barcode technology, Sasol 978 1 77007 876 5 978 1 77007 877 2 978 1 77007 942 7 TOP Birds of Southern SELLER 978 1 77007 878 9 (PVC) 978 1 77007 879 6 (PVC) Africa 5th edition maintains its place as one of Africa’s most trusted and sought- after field guides Comprehensively 978 1 77584 668 0 (Softcover) 978 1 77584 671 0 (Softcover) TOP illustrated, 978 1 77584 670 3 (PVC) 978 1 77584 673 4 (PVC) and trusted by SELLER leading bird guides ALSO AVAILABLE THE LARGER ILLUSTRATED 978 1 77007 388 3 978 1 77007 589 4 978 1 77584 449 5 978 1 77007 623 5 GUIDE TO BIRDS OF 978 1 77007 884 0 (PVC) SOUTHERN AFRICA 978 1 77584 730 4 GUIDE TO SEABIRDS OF CHECKLISTS SOUTHERN AFRICA Focusing exclusively on the 132 bird species that occur around the southern African Scan barcodes using coastline and adjacent Sasol eBirds NEW! your smart phone Southern Ocean. A must-have Southern and play bird calls for birding along the region’s Africa App 978 1 43170 085 1 SCAN using the free extensive coastline.
    [Show full text]
  • Comments on the Ornithology of Nigeria, Including Amendments to the National List
    Robert J. Dowsett 154 Bull. B.O.C. 2015 135(2) Comments on the ornithology of Nigeria, including amendments to the national list by Robert J. Dowsett Received 16 December 2014 Summary.—This paper reviews the distribution of birds in Nigeria that were not treated in detail in the most recent national avifauna (Elgood et al. 1994). It clarifies certain range limits, and recommends the addition to the Nigerian list of four species (African Piculet Verreauxia africana, White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda, Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri and Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus) and the deletion (in the absence of satisfactory documentation) of six others (Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea, Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens, Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi, Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata, Ussher’s Flycatcher M. ussheri and Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens). Recent research in West Africa has demonstrated the need to clarify the distributions of several bird species in Nigeria. I have re-examined much of the literature relating to the country, analysed the (largely unpublished) collection made by Boyd Alexander there in 1904–05 (in the Natural History Museum, Tring; NHMUK), and have reviewed the data available in the light of our own field work in Ghana (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2014), Togo (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2011a) and neighbouring Benin (Dowsett & Dowsett- Lemaire 2011, Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2009, 2010, 2011b). The northern or southern localities of species with limited ranges in Nigeria were not always detailed by Elgood et al. (1994), although such information is essential for understanding distribution patterns and future changes. For many Guineo-Congolian forest species their northern limit in West Africa lies on the escarpment of the Jos Plateau, especially Nindam Forest Reserve, Kagoro.
    [Show full text]
  • Results of the January 2018 Waterbird Counts in Kenya Covering the Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central, Coast, Amboseli and Yala Swamp
    The NATIONAL MUSEUMS of KENYA January 2018 Waterbird Count Results in the Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central, Coast, Amboseli and Yala Swamp Oliver Nasirwa, Paul Mungai, Fleur Ng’weno, Lennox Kirao, Edwin Gichohi, Dominic Chesire, Timothy Ikime and Fred Barasa CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH REPORTS: ORNITHOLOGY NO. 83, MARCH 2018 Supported by: 1 Results of the January 2018 waterbird counts in Kenya covering the Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central, Coast, Amboseli and Yala Swamp. January 2018 Waterbird Count Results in the Rift Valley, Nairobi, Central, Coast, Amboseli and Yala Swamp Oliver Nasirwa1, Paul Mungai2, Fleur Ng’weno3, Lennox Kirao4, Edwin Gichohi1, Dominic Chesire1, Timothy Ikime and Fred Barasa3 1National Museums of Kenya, PO Box 40658-00100, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]; 2Kenya Wildlife Service, PO Box 20241–00100, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]; 3Nature Kenya (EANHS), PO Box 44486- 00100, Nairobi, Kenya, [email protected]; 4A Rocha Kenya, PO Box 383–80202, Watamu, Kenya, [email protected]. Summary Waterbird counts were carried out in 48 sites across Kenya during the months of January and February 2018. A total of 294,950 individuals of 126 waterbird species were recorded. Lake Bogoria had the highest number with 165,852 individuals of 34 waterbird species followed by Lake Nakuru with 23,144 individuals of 73 species and Tana River Delta with 16,143 individuals of 69 species. The highest number of waterbird species was recorded at Lake Nakuru with 73 species, followed by Lake Ol’Bolossat with 72 species and Lake Naivasha with 71 species. The most abundant species was Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor with 163,164 individuals followed by Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber with 14,155 and Little Stint Calidris minuta with 11,401.
    [Show full text]
  • STATUS SURVEY of AFRICAN GREEN PIGEON (Treroncalvus
    STATUS SURVEY OF AFRICAN GREEN PIGEON (Treroncalvus, Temminck, 1808) IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA BY OWOLABI, BIBITAYO AYOBAMI B. Wildlife Management (EWM/13/5440) A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ECOTOURISM AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, THE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,AKURE, ONDO STATE. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN ECOTOURISM AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT. OCTOBER 2015. ABSTRACT The study focused on assessment and survey of thestatus survey of African Green Pigeon in EkitiState,Nigeria. Following the reconnaissance survey of the state, five sites were purposively selected, which represented areas where African Green Pigeon were commonly sighted. These areas were Counting station A (Aramoko/IjeroEkiti), Counting station B (IsanEkiti), Counting station C (IkogosiEkiti), Counting station D (Awo/IgedeEkiti) and Counting station E (IyemeroEkiti). The study area represents a typical rain forest ecosystem. Three methods were used for collecting data for the study (Point count method, direct observation and vegetation assessment technique). A meantotal of 97 birds were counted during the wet and dry season of the study, 46during the dry season and 51 counted during the wet season.Total mean number of bird in Counting Station A in the dry period was 10 and 9 in the wet season, accounting for a standard error of 3 ± 2.186birds sighted in the dry season and 3 ± 2.646in the wet season. Counting Station B forest patches, had a total of 29 birds, 9 sighted in the dry and 14 in the wet period, 3 ± 1.201 as standard error of birds sighted in the wet season and 3 ± 1.527 foe the dry season while counting Station C forest patches with 8 birds sighted in the dry and 12 birds recorded in the wet season, having a standard error of 3 ± 2.603 birds sighted in the dry and 3 ± 0.577 in the wet season.
    [Show full text]
  • 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.
    [Show full text]
  • 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
    [Show full text]
  • South Africa: Magoebaskloof and Kruger National Park Custom Tour Trip Report
    SOUTH AFRICA: MAGOEBASKLOOF AND KRUGER NATIONAL PARK CUSTOM TOUR TRIP REPORT 24 February – 2 March 2019 By Jason Boyce This Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl showed nicely one late afternoon, puffing up his throat and neck when calling www.birdingecotours.com [email protected] 2 | TRIP REPORT South Africa: Magoebaskloof and Kruger National Park February 2019 Overview It’s common knowledge that South Africa has very much to offer as a birding destination, and the memory of this trip echoes those sentiments. With an itinerary set in one of South Africa’s premier birding provinces, the Limpopo Province, we were getting ready for a birding extravaganza. The forests of Magoebaskloof would be our first stop, spending a day and a half in the area and targeting forest special after forest special as well as tricky range-restricted species such as Short-clawed Lark and Gurney’s Sugarbird. Afterwards we would descend the eastern escarpment and head into Kruger National Park, where we would make our way to the northern sections. These included Punda Maria, Pafuri, and the Makuleke Concession – a mouthwatering birding itinerary that was sure to deliver. A pair of Woodland Kingfishers in the fever tree forest along the Limpopo River Detailed Report Day 1, 24th February 2019 – Transfer to Magoebaskloof We set out from Johannesburg after breakfast on a clear Sunday morning. The drive to Polokwane took us just over three hours. A number of birds along the way started our trip list; these included Hadada Ibis, Yellow-billed Kite, Southern Black Flycatcher, Village Weaver, and a few brilliant European Bee-eaters.
    [Show full text]
  • The Evolution of Nest Construction in Swallows (Hirundinidae) Is Associated with the Decrease of Clutch Size
    © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Linzer biol. Beitr. 38/1 711-716 21.7.2006 The evolution of nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae) is associated with the decrease of clutch size P. HENEBERG A b s t r a c t : Variability of the nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae) is more diverse than in other families of oscine birds. I compared the nest-building behaviour with pooled data of clutch size and overall hatching success for 20 species of swallows. The clutch size was significantly higher in temperate cavity-adopting swallow species than in species using other nesting modes including species breeding in evolutionarily advanced mud nests (P<0.05) except of the burrow-excavating Bank Swallow. Decrease of the clutch size during the evolution of nest construction is not compensated by the increase of the overall hatching success. K e y w o r d s : Hirundinidae, nest construction, clutch size, evolution Birds use distinct methods to avoid nest-predation: active nest defence, nest camouflage and concealment or sheltered nesting. While large and powerful species prefer active nest-defence, swallows and martins usually prefer construction of sheltered nests (LLOYD 2004). The nests of swallows vary from natural cavities in trees and rocks, to self-exca- vated burrows to mud retorts and cups attached to vertical faces. Much attention has been devoted to the importance of controlling for phylogeny in com- parative tests (HARVEY & PAGEL 1991), including molecular phylogenetic studies of swallows (WINKLER & SHELDON 1993). Interactions between the nest-construction va- riability and the clutch size, however, had been ignored.
    [Show full text]
  • Adoption of Amendments to the Aewa Annexes
    AGREEMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF AFRICAN-EURASIAN MIGRATORY WATERBIRDS 6th SESSION OF THE MEETING OF THE PARTIES 9-14 November 2015, Bonn, Germany “Making flyway conservation happen” RESOLUTION 6.1 ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE AEWA ANNEXES Recalling Article X of the Agreement concerning the procedures for amendments to the Agreement and its annexes, Further recalling Resolution 4.11 which, inter alia, requested the Technical Committee to review taxonomic classifications of birds and suggest the most appropriate classification for the purposes of the Agreement, including application to Annex 2, Recognising the work of the Technical Committee and the Secretariat over the past two triennia to address this request and their involvement and input into the work of the CMS Scientific Council Intersessional Working Group on Bird Taxonomy and Nomenclature from 2009 to 2011 and the Ad Hoc Meeting on Harmonisation of Bird Taxonomy which was convened by the Chair of the CMS Scientific Council in Formia, Italy on 8 October 2013, Noting the CMS Resolution 11.19 on the Taxonomy and Nomenclature of Birds Listed on the CMS Appendices adopted by COP11 (4-9 November 2014, Quito, Ecuador), Taking into account the recommendation of the Technical Committee, provided at its 12th Meeting on 3-6 March 2015 in Bonn, Germany, on the most appropriate classification for the purposes of the Agreement, Taking into account the findings of the sixth edition of the Report on the Conservation Status of Migratory Waterbirds in the Agreement Area (document AEWA/MOP 6.14),
    [Show full text]
  • Bird Checklists of the World Country Or Region: Ghana
    Avibase Page 1of 24 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Ghana 2 Number of species: 773 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of globally threatened species: 26 6 Number of extinct species: 0 7 Number of introduced species: 1 8 Date last reviewed: 2019-11-10 9 10 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Ghana. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=gh [26/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.
    [Show full text]