African Bird Club | Birds, birding and conservation in Africa

The African Bird Club Conservation Fund has provided over £67,000 for conservation projects in Africa since its inception. Most of the funds were provided by generous donations from sponsors and members. The list of projects supported has been updated and you can see this at Conservation Projects.

Latest ABC Bulletin - March 2008

The first issue of the ABC Bulletin for 2008, 15.1 is available. It has a record 144 pages, 22 feature articles, news and comments sections and an increased use of colour.

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Old ABC Bulletins

The African Bird Club is looking for copies of its old Bulletins. If you have any Bulletin copies which you no longer need and would be happy to donate, please contact us.

New Version of the ABC African Checklist available for download

A new version of Peter Lack's ABC African Checklist has been added to this website and is available for download here. The major change in this version over the previous (January 2007) one is the addition of Range and Status information for the passerines. There are also several preferred English name changes. Most of these are the adoption of the preferred IOC name, but this has only been done when this was supported by all other recent texts. Finally there have been several species added, the majority being vagrants to one or more of the islands or island groups, especially of North American species occurring on islands in the North Atlantic.

12th Pan-African Ornithological Congress 2008

Calls for papers and abstracts now open

This congress which only takes place every 4 years, will be held at the Goudini Spa Conference Center, Western Cape, South Africa on the 7–12th September 2008. The theme for 2008 is Birds and People: interaction, utilisation and conservation. To find out more about the congress, the location and potential birdwatching opportunities, go to the events page here.

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