Ground Hornbills, the genus Bucorvus Kemp, A.p 10-11 Mount Kupé and its birds Bowden, C.G.R., Andrews, S.M.p 13-17 The Shoebill Collar, N.J.p 18-20 Shoebill: how to see one Robertson, I.p 21 The bright sides of stumbling over a new bird species Lehmberg, T. and Dinesen, L.p 24-25 Rediscovery of Monteiro’s Bush-Shrike Malaconotus monteiri in Cameroon […]
Field identification of Little and Saunders’s Tern Olsen, K.M. and Larssen, H.p 81-85 The identification, taxonomy and distribution of the Mountain Nightjar / Fiery-necked Nightjar complex Cleere, N.p 86-97 The Madagascar Teal, a most enigmatic duck Young, H.G.p 98-100 Finding Grey-necked Picathartes in Korup National Park, Cameroon Green, A.A.p 101-102 A survey to investigate the
St Helena Wirebird: the forgotten plover Neil McCullochp 95-99 The nest and nestlings of Cape Verde Cane Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis Peter Castellp 100 First records of Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni in Ivory Coast Karl H. Falk and Volker Salewskip 101-102 Notes on the breeding biology of Raso Lark Alauda razae Peter Castellp 103-106 Occurrence of
Personality: Anteneh Shimelis Rodney Martinsp 10-11 Pelagic sea-birding off Cape Town, RSA Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Barrie Rosep 12-17 Status and distribution of Hume’s Tawny Owl in the Eastern Desert of Egypt Sherif Baha El Din and Mindy Baha El Dinp 18-20 A new site for Newton’s Fiscal Lanius newtoni Valéry Schollaert and Gilles
Birds of Niaouli forest, southern Benin van den Akker M.p 16-22 New records of the São Tomé Grosbeak Neospiza concolor Dallimer M., King T., Leitão P.p 23-25 Is Dja River Warbler Bradypterus grandis really globally threatened? Fontaine B.p 28-29 Waterbird monitoring and birdwatcher training in Djibouti, February 2001 Welch G., Welch H., Rayaleh H. A.p
Daily activity, moult and morphometrics of the birds of São Tomé and Príncipe Dallimer M., King T.p 84-93 Systematics, distribution and vocalisations of Papyrus Yellow Warbler Chloropeta gracilirostris Maclean I., Musina J., Nalianya N., Mahood S., Martin R., Byuaruhanga A.p 94-100 First observations of a successful nest for the endangered Mauritius Olive White-eye Nichols R.,
First-ever photographs of Sakalava Rail Amaurornis olivieri and first detailed observations since 1962 Robertson I.p 18-21 Confusing antpeckers Eyre, Dr .J. A.p 24-26 Status of Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus and Beaudouin ‘s Snake Eagle C. beaudouini in The Gambia Clark W.S., Barlow C.p 27-29 New records of Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana in Nigeria McGregor R.p
Country Accounts on other pages of this website set out recommended resources for anyone who is particularly interested in the birds of the country or territory concerned, together with bird or conservation organisations that are active there. Those accounts also list the more local or sought-after birds in each country or territory, and provide information
SUB-REGIONEast Africa SIZE241,038 km² BIRDS AND BIRDING SPECIESDiversityStrongly Afrotropical avifaunaApproximately 1,060 recorded species (4th longest bird list of any country in the ABC region) Endemics (E)Karamoja Apalis (VU)Fox’s Weaver (NT) Near-endemics (NE)Weyns’s Weaver Birds best found in Uganda but occurring more widely (BT), including Albertine Rift endemics (ARE)Western Crested GuineafowlNahan’s Partridge | Nahan’s FrancolinRing-necked FrancolinHeuglin’s
SUB-REGIONWest Africa SIZE56,785 km² BIRDS AND BIRDING SPECIESDiversityAfrotropical avifaunaApproximately 610 recorded species Proposed new species or splits not yet accepted by IOCBlack-shouldered NightjarWhistling Long-tailed CuckooRed-chested GoshawkEtchécopar’s OwletCentral African HoopoeWestern Piping HornbillTogo Yellow-billed BarbetWest African PittaGlossy-backed DrongoWestern Square-tailed DrongoSinging Bush LarkWest African SwallowYellow-bellied CrombecBlack-crowned Capuchin BabblerAfrican Scrub RobinOrange-breasted Forest RobinWhite-crowned Cliff ChatBlack-faced QuailfinchGrey Firefinch More Guineo-Congolian endemics
