Bulletin of the African Bird Club, vol. 16.1, March 2009: list of articles

• Rare birds in Morocco: report of the Moroccan Rare Birds Committee (2004-2006)
  Bergier, P., Franchimont, J., Thévenot, M. and the Moroccan Rare Birds Committee
  p 23-36.
• Bird observations from south-east Sudan
  de Bont, M.
  p 37-52.
• Additions to the avifauna of Congo-Brazzaville
  Rainey, H.J., Ikonga, J.M., Vernon, R. and King, T.
  p 53-60.
• Quest for a phantom - the search for the winter quarters of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
  Salewski, V., Bargain, B., Diop, I. and Flade, M.
  p 61-66.
• The seabirds of the Conrad Rise, Southern Ocean
  Ryan, P.G.
  p 67-77.

Great White Pelicans Pelecanus onocrotalus by Brian Hart Bull. ABC 16.1 cover

• First confirmed breeding record of Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana from St François Atoll and a new population estimate for Seychelles and the Afrotropical region
  Adam, P-A, Skerrett, A. and Rocamora, G.
  p 78-82.
• Occurrence of White- tailed Swallow Hirundo megaensis near Negele, Ethiopia
  Gabremichael, M.N., Spottiswoode, C.N., Fishpool, L. Forsyth, E. Lewis, A., Pain, D., Thomas, R. and Toye, N.
  p 83-86.
• First record of Torotoroka Scops Owl Otus madagascariensis nesting on the ground
  Rene de Roland, L-A., and Thorstrom, R.
  p 87-88.
• A record of Rose-coloured Starling Sturnus roseus in southern Africa
  Sagvik, J.
  p 89.
• First record of Wahlberg’s Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus for The Gambia
  Roy, K.
  p 90.
• Birding in Sierra Leone: an emerging West African destination
  Lambert, F.
  p 92-97.

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