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Nogth AMERICAN BIRDS
CHECK-LIST OF NOgTH AMERICAN BIRDS The Speciesof Birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, Including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands PREPARED BY THE COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION SEVENTH EDITION 1998 Zo61ogical nomenclature is a means, not an end, to Zo61ogical Science PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 1998 Copyright 1998 by The American Ornithologists' Union All rights reserved, except that pages or sections may be quoted for research purposes. ISBN Number: 1-891276-00-X Preferred citation: American Ornithologists' Union. 1983. Check-list of North American Birds. 7th edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. Printed by Allen Press, Inc. Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A. CONTENTS DEDICATION ...................................................... viii PREFACE ......................................................... ix LIST OF SPECIES ................................................... xvii THE CHECK-LIST ................................................... 1 I. Tinamiformes ............................................. 1 1. Tinamidae: Tinamous .................................. 1 II. Gaviiformes .............................................. 3 1. Gaviidae: Loons ....................................... 3 III. Podicipediformes.......................................... 5 1. Podicipedidae:Grebes .................................. 5 IV. Procellariiformes .......................................... 9 1. Diomedeidae: Albatrosses ............................. -
The 140 Bird Species Recorded in the Korsman Conservancy
The 140 Bird Species Recorded in the Korsman Conservancy Roberts 6 Scientific Name Probability Residence Season Alphabetical Name Full Name 294 Avocet, Pied Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 11% 1 All Year 464 Barbet, Black-collared Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus 56% 1 All Year 473 Barbet, Crested Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii 83% 1 All Year 824 Bishop, Southern Red Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix 73% 1 All Year 826 Bishop, Yellow-crowned Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 14% 1 All Year 78 Bittern, Little Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 7% 3.1 Dec-March 568 Bulbul, Dark-capped Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor 86% 1 All Year 149 Buzzard, Common (Steppe ) Common (Steppe) Buzzard Buteo buteo 1% 3.1 Oct-Apr 130 Buzzard, European Honey European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 3.1 Nov-Apr 870 Canary, Black-throated Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis 11% 1 All Year 677 Cisticola, Levaillant’s Levaillant’s Cisticola Cisticola tinniens 36% 1 All Year 664 Cisticola, Zitting Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 13% 1 All Year 228 Coot, Red-knobbed Red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata 90% 1 All Year 58 Cormorant, Reed Reed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 77% 1 All Year 55 Cormorant, White-breasted White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 62% 1 All Year 391 Coucal, Burchell’s Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchellii 13% 1 All Year 213 Crake, Black Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 7% 1 All Year 548 Crow, Pied Pied crow Corvus albus 30% 1 All Year 386 Cuckoo, Diederik Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 15% -
Telecrex Restudied: a Small Eocene Guineafowl
TELECREX RESTUDIED: A SMALL EOCENE GUINEAFOWL STORRS L. OLSON In reviewing a number of the fossil species presently placed in the Rallidae, I have had occasion to examine the unique type-an incomplete femur-of Telecrex grangeri Wetmore (1934)) described from the Upper Eocene (Irdin Manha Formation) at Chimney Butte, Shara Murun region, Inner Mongolia. Although Wetmore assigned this fossil to the Rallidae, he felt that the species was distinct enough to be placed in a separate subfamily (Telecrecinae) ; this he considered to be ancestral to the modern Rallinae. After apparently ex- amining the type, Cracraft (1973b:17) assessed it as “decidedly raillike in the shape of the bone but distinct in the antero-posterior flattening of the head and shaft.” However, he suggested that Wetmores’ conclusions about its relationships to the Rallinae would have to be re-evaluated. Actually, Tele- crex bears very little resemblance to rails, and the distinctive proximal flat- tening of the shaft (but not of the head, contra Cracraft) is a feature peculiar to certain of the Galliformes. Further, my comparisons show Telecrex to be closest to the guineafowls (Numididae), a family hitherto known only from Africa and Europe. DISCUSSION The type specimen of Telecrex grangeri (AMNH 2942) is a right femur, lacking the distal end and part of the trochanter (Fig. 1). Its measurements are: proximal width 11.6 mm, depth of head 4.2, width of shaft at midpoint 4.6, depth of shaft at midpoint 4.1, overall length (as preserved ) 46.1. Telecrex differs from all rails -
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. -
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 -
Notes on the Ecology and Breeding Biology of the Golden-Headed Cisticola Cisticola Exilis
VOL. 11 (1 ) MARCH 1985 AUSTRALIAN BIRD WATCHER 1985, 11 , 1-6 Notes on the Ecology and Breeding Biology of the Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis By DAVID C. McFARLAND, Department of Zoology, University of New England, Armidale, N .S.W. 2351 Summary Golden-headed Cisticolas Cistico/a exilis were obsetved in a mixed scrub and grassland habitat near Sydney, N.S.W. over two years. Tall grass made up most of the habitat used by the birds, with the scattered shrubs being important as nest sites. Densities ranged from 3.5 birds/ha in the non-breeding season to 6.5 birds/ha in the breeding season. Breeding occurred between October and February, with the overall reproductive success of the population being 32.1% (eggs to fledgelings). · Introduction Over a two-year period, observations were made of a number of bird species inhabiting the open forest and scrub-grassland habitats in Beverly Hills, Sydney (McFarland 1984 a,b). One of the most conspicuous species present in the scrub-grassland was the Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis. The following paper presents the results concerning the ecology (bird densities and habitat composition) and breeding biology (timetable of breeding activities and breeding success) of this species. The timing and duration ofbr~eding seasons of the Golden-headed Cisticola in Australasia is also examined and discussed. Study area and methods Cisticolas were studied in a three-hectare plot in Beverly Hills, New South Wales. The plot was bordered by a golf course, playing fields and Wolli Creek. Tall grass (10 - 60 em high) dominated the vegetation, with some scattered clumps of tea-tree Leptospermum juniperinum and Blackberry Bramble Rubus vulgaris. -
OO Vol 4 81-82 Blacksawwingnest 87.Docx
Ornithological Observations An electronic journal published by BirdLife South Africa and the Animal Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town 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 NEST SITE OF BLACK SAW-WING AT BETTYS BAY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Les G Underhill Recommended citation format: Underhill LG 2013. Nest site of Black Saw-wing at Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Ornithological Observations, Vol 4: 81-82. URL: http://oo.adu.org.za/content.php?id=87 Published online: 08 June 2013 - ISSN 2219-0341 - Ornithological Observations, Vol 4: 81-82 81 NEST SITE OF BLACK SAW-WING AT BETTYS BAY, WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA Les G Underhill* Animal Demography Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa. * Corresponding author: [email protected] The Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomeleana is endemic to southern Africa (Earlé 1997b). It seems however to be a relatively poorly-known species, with 27 of the 29 references in Vernon and Dean (2005) being to multispecies accounts (fieldguides, atlases, reviews, etc) and the two remaining references, though devoted to the species, are one-page short notes. The Black Saw-wing appears not have a single full-length paper devoted to it. -
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. -
Tinamiformes – Falconiformes
LIST OF THE 2,008 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA. Notes: "(A)" = accidental/casualin A.O.U. area; "(H)" -- recordedin A.O.U. area only from Hawaii; "(I)" = introducedinto A.O.U. area; "(N)" = has not bred in A.O.U. area but occursregularly as nonbreedingvisitor; "?" precedingname = extinct. TINAMIFORMES TINAMIDAE Tinamus major Great Tinamou. Nothocercusbonapartei Highland Tinamou. Crypturellus soui Little Tinamou. Crypturelluscinnamomeus Thicket Tinamou. Crypturellusboucardi Slaty-breastedTinamou. Crypturellus kerriae Choco Tinamou. GAVIIFORMES GAVIIDAE Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon. Gavia arctica Arctic Loon. Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon. Gavia immer Common Loon. Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon. PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE Tachybaptusdominicus Least Grebe. Podilymbuspodiceps Pied-billed Grebe. ?Podilymbusgigas Atitlan Grebe. Podicepsauritus Horned Grebe. Podicepsgrisegena Red-neckedGrebe. Podicepsnigricollis Eared Grebe. Aechmophorusoccidentalis Western Grebe. Aechmophorusclarkii Clark's Grebe. PROCELLARIIFORMES DIOMEDEIDAE Thalassarchechlororhynchos Yellow-nosed Albatross. (A) Thalassarchecauta Shy Albatross.(A) Thalassarchemelanophris Black-browed Albatross. (A) Phoebetriapalpebrata Light-mantled Albatross. (A) Diomedea exulans WanderingAlbatross. (A) Phoebastriaimmutabilis Laysan Albatross. Phoebastrianigripes Black-lootedAlbatross. Phoebastriaalbatrus Short-tailedAlbatross. (N) PROCELLARIIDAE Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar. Pterodroma neglecta KermadecPetrel. (A) Pterodroma -
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. -
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®ion=gh [26/09/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird. -
Harrier References
Introduction This is the final version of the Harrier's list, no further updates will be made. Grateful thanks to Wietze Janse and Tom Shevlin (www.irishbirds.ie) for the cover images and all those who responded with constructive feedback. All images © the photographers. Please note that this and other Reference Lists I have compiled are not exhaustive and are best employed in conjunction with other sources. Joe Hobbs Index The general order of species follows the International Ornithologists' Union World Bird List (Gill, F. & Donsker, D. (eds.) 2019. IOC World Bird List. Available from: https://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [version 9.1 accessed January 2019]). Final Version Version 1.4 (January 2019). Cover Main image: Western Marsh Harrier. Zevenhoven, Groene Jonker, Netherlands. 3rd May 2011. Picture by Wietze Janse. Vignette: Montagu’s Harrier. Great Saltee Island, Co. Wexford, Ireland. 10th May 2008. Picture by Tom Shevlin. Species Page No. African Marsh Harrier [Circus ranivorus] 8 Black Harrier [Circus maurus] 10 Cinereous Harrier [Circus cinereus] 17 Eastern Marsh Harrier [Circus spilonotus] 6 Hen Harrier [Circus cyaneus] 11 Long-winged Harrier [Circus buffoni] 9 Malagasy Harrier [Circus macrosceles] 9 Montagu's Harrier [Circus pygargus] 20 Northern Harrier [Circus hudsonius] 16 Pallid Harrier [Circus macrourus] 18 Papuan Harrier [Circus spilothorax] 7 Pied Harrier [Circus melanoleucos] 20 Réunion Harrier [Circus maillardi] 9 Spotted Harrier [Circus assimilis] 9 Swamp Harrier [Circus approximans] 7 Western Marsh Harrier [Circus aeruginosus] 4 1 Relevant Publications Balmer, D. et al. 2013. Bird Atlas 2001-11: The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland. BTO Books, Thetford. Beaman, M.