| Titre : | Ostrich 77(1-2) - APR 2006 |
| Type de document : | Bulletin |
| Paru le : | 00/00/0000 |
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Article
Eduardo Garcia-Del-Rey, Auteur ;
Will Cresswell, Auteur
Article
Reuven Yosef, Auteur ;
Wlodzimierz Meissner, Auteur
This study was undertaken to understand the migratory strategies of the Dunlins (Calidris alpina) caught in Eilat, Israel, before and after they accomplish the crossing of the combined ecological barrier of the Sinai, Sahara and Sahel deserts. B[...]
Article
H. A. King, Auteur ;
Michael R. Perrin, Auteur
The three South African crane species - the Blue Crane (Anthropoides paradisea), the Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus) and the Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum regulorum) - are listed as threatened by the IUCN. This study investigate[...]
Article
Henry Ndithia, Auteur ;
Michael R. Perrin, Auteur
Eight Rosy-faced Lovebirds from two study sites and four colonies in Namibia's Claratal and Hohewarte districts were tagged and their local movements tracked using radio transmitters. The birds' movements averaged 415.7 +/- 391.3m in summer and [...]
Article
Raymond Jansen, Auteur ;
Steven D. van der Spuy, Auteur ;
Timothy M. Crowe, Auteur
Article
Michel Louette, Auteur
The pied plumage of the adult Black Sparrowhawk is rather exceptional in the genus Accipiter and it could be explained by functionality or by phylogenetic relationships. The moult pattern of museum specimens is presented, supplementing informati[...]
Article
Henry Ndithia, Auteur ;
Michael R. Perrin, Auteur
The natural diet of the Rosy-faced Lovebird in the wild was investigated from January-August 2004, at three Namibian locations: Claratal, Hohewarte and Haris. Foraging patterns, habitat use, daily feeding activities and preferred dietary species[...]
Article
W. R. J. Dean, Auteur ;
S. J. Milton, Auteur ;
M. D. Anderson, Auteur
Article
Mark Brown, Auteur
Annual and seasonal trends in species richness of the avifaunal community of a coastal forest at Umdoni Park, Pennington, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa were assessed. Presence/absence data were collected between September 1996 and February 2003, u[...]
Article
Mwangi Githiru, Auteur ;
Luc Lens, Auteur ;
Leon A. Bennun, Auteur ;
Christopher Perrins, Auteur
We studied the presence of 'floaters', i.e. non-territorial individuals roaming occupied territories awaiting future breeding opportunities, in two separate White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) populations at the Taita Hills, Kenya, using[...]
Article
Chris Roche, Auteur
Article
Colleen T. Downs, Auteur
Geophagy has been found in a number of bird species, but its adaptive functions remain much debated. Little is known about geophagy in African birds. Evidence of geophagy and its possible adaptive function was investigated in the frugivorous Afr[...]
Article
Matthias C. Wichmann, Auteur ;
W. Richard J. Dean, Auteur ;
Florian Jeltsch, Auteur
Raptors are often priorities for conservation efforts and breeding success is a target measure for assessing their conservation status. The breeding success of large raptors in and southern Africa is thought to be higher in years of high rainfal[...]
Article
Nola J. Parsons, Auteur ;
Kathy M. C. Tjorve, Auteur ;
Les G. Underhill, Auteur ;
Venessa Strauss, Auteur
One-hundred-and-three incapacitated Swift Terns Sterna bergii were captured on Robben Island on 15 December 2003; 93 (90%) were released between 28 December 2003 and 4 February 2004, having been treated at the Southern African Foundation for the[...]
Article
Mariana Carvalho, Auteur ;
Susana Dias, Auteur
There are no confirmed records of the Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha in north-eastern Guinea Bissau and there is very little information available on the biology of the species. Eight individuals of the Adamawa Turtle-Dove were iden[...]
Article
F. P. D. Cotterill, Auteur
A re-appraisal of published knowledge of the birds recorded in Katanga (Democratic Republic of Congo) focussed on the status of 56 taxa, to reveal a high endemism (14 species of a total of at least 642). In addition, 33 taxa were also revealed a[...]
Article
Brooks Childress, Auteur ;
David Harper, Auteur ;
Baz Hughes, Auteur ;
Colin Ferris, Auteur
Measurements of five morphological components (mass, skull length, culmen, flattened wing and tarsus) and blood samples were taken from 154 fledged wild Lesser Flamingos Phoenicopterus minor captured during 2001 and 2002 at Lake Bogoria, Kenya ([...]
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Paula McLachlan, Auteur ;
Patrick Niven, Auteur
