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References

BORROW, N. & DEMEY, R. (2001) The Birds of Western Africa published by Christopher Helm, London. 832 pages. ISBN 0-7136-3959-8. Published in the USA as A Guide to the Birds of Western Africa by Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-6910-9520-5.

BROUWER, J., CRISLER, T., JAMESON, C., (1996) Recent Reports, ABC Bulletin 3 (1) pp 60-63.

CHEKE, R.A., (1996) Historical Records of birds from the Republic of Benin, Malimbus 18 (1).

CHEKE, R.A., & WALSH, J.F., (1996) The Birds of Togo B.O.U. Checklist No 14, Tring, Herts.

CLAFFEY, P.M. (1995) Birds of the Bétérou area, Borgou Province, Republic of Benin, Malimbus 17, pp 63-84.

CLAFFEY, P. (1999) Dams as new habitat in West African savannah. ABC Bulletin 6(2) pp 117-120.

DOWSETT, R.J. & FORBES-WATSON, A.D. (1993) Checklist of Birds of the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions (Vol 1), Tauraco Press, Liège, Belgium.

DOWSETT, R.J. & DOWSETT-LEMAIRE, F. (1993) A Contribution to the Distribution and Taxonomy of Afrotropical and Malagasy birds, Tauraco Research Report No 5, Liège, Belgium. pp.64-68.

GREEN, A.A. & SAYER J.A. (1979) The Birds of the Pendjari and Arli National Parks, Malimbus 1, pp 14-19.

JONES, L. (2008) Reichenbach’s Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii a new Benin record, and other interesting coastal observations. Malimbus 30(1) pp 71-73.

MACKWORTH-PRAED, C.W. & GRANT, C.H.B. (1973) Birds of West and Central Africa Vols I & II, London, Longman.

SALEWSKI, V. & KORB, J. (2007) New bird records for Benin. Malimbus 29(1) pp 42-45.

URBAN, E.K., FRY, H., KEITH, S. and WOODCOCK, M. Birds of Africa Vols I - VII. Vols I - VI published by Academic Press, Vol VII published by new owners Christopher Helm / A & C Black.

van den AKKER, M. (2000), Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus and Chesnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor, new to Benin, ABC Bulletin 7 (2) p 133.

van den AKKER, M. (2003), Birds of the Niaouli Forest, southern Benin. ABC Bulletin 10 (1), pp 16-22.

van den AKKER, M. (2003), First records for Benin of Yellow-Whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris, Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus and White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens, ABC Bulletin 10 (2), pp 123-124.

van den AKKER, M. & CLAFFEY, P.M. (2004) Further records from the remnant forests of Benin: White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis and Bioko Batis Batis poensis, ABC Bulletin, 11 (1), pp 30-31.

VAN MUYEN, B. (2005) First record of Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus for Benin. ABC Bulletin 12 (2) pp 164-165.

VAN MUYEN, B. (2006) First record of Dunlin Calidris alpina for Benin. ABC Bulletin 13 (2) pp 210-211.

WALTERT, M. and MUHLENBERG, M. (1999) Notes on the avifauna of the Noyau Central, Forêt Classée de la Lama, Republic of Benin, Malimbus 21, pp 82-92.

 

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