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Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus: Endangered or just overlooked?

Alan T. K. Lee, Auteur ; Brian Reeves, Auteur ; Dale R. Wright, Auteur

Dans Bird Conservation International (29(1) March, 2019)

There is remarkably little documented information in the scientific literature on any of the 18 species of buttonquail as they are very difficult to observe in the wild. This lack of information has hampered informed conservation decision making[...]

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Is diet adaptability a reason for the persistence of African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus in altered habitats?

Brian Reeves, Auteur ; Andre F Boshoff, Auteur

Dans Ostrich (87(1) janvier 2, 2016)

The dietary response of African Crowned Eagles Stephanoaetus coronatus to habitat transformation was investigated. Habitat alteration around nests in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, was mapped and nests were assigned to two habitat classes. Prey[...]

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Habitat variables associated with encounters of Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentottus during flush surveys across the Fynbos biome

Alan TK Lee, Auteur ; Dale R. Wright, Auteur ; Brian Reeves, Auteur

Dans Ostrich (89(1) January 2, 2018)

The Hottentot Buttonquail Turnix hottentotus is an endangered terrestrial turnicid and is endemic to the Fynbos biome, South Africa. Due to its secretive nature and apparent rarity almost nothing is known about the species, but its range has bee[...]

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