Showing posts with label African Bird. Show all posts
Showing posts with label African Bird. Show all posts
Monday, June 3, 2024

[Ornithology • 2024] Integrative Taxonomy reveals Unrecognised Species Diversity in African Corypha Larks (Passeriformes: Alaudidae)

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African  Corypha  Larks (Aves: Alaudidae) in  Alström, Mohammadi, Donald, Nymark, Enbody, Irestedt, ...  et  Stervander, 2024.  DOI:  10.10...
Tuesday, November 1, 2022

[Ornithology • 2022] Otus bikegila • A New Species of Scops-owl (Strigiformes: Strigidae) from Príncipe Island (Gulf of Guinea, Africa) and Novel insights into the Systematic Affinities within Otus

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 Otus bikegila Melo, Freitas, Verbelen, da Costa, Pereira, Fuchs, Sangster, Correia, de Lima & Crottini, 2022    Principe Scops-Owl | K...
Friday, June 11, 2021

[Ornithology • 2021] Cisticola bakerorum & C. anderseni • Two New Cisticola Species (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae) Endemic to the Marshes of the Kilombero Floodplain of southwestern Tanzania

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[top]  Cisticola bakerorum   Kilombero Cisticola; [bottom]  Cisticola anderseni  White-tailed Cisticola. New species of cisticola warblers f...
Monday, October 5, 2020

[Ornithology • 2020] Type Specimens Matter: New Insights on the Systematics, Taxonomy and Nomenclature of the Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans) complex

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Sylvia subalpina Temminck, 1820 in  Zuccon, Pons, Boano, ... et Brambilla, 2020.   DOI:   10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz169       twitter.com/ Zool...
Thursday, June 4, 2020

[Ornithology • 2020] A Comprehensive Molecular Phylogeny of Afrotropical White-eyes (Aves: Zosteropidae) highlights Prior Underestimation of Mainland Diversity and Complex Colonisation History

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in  Martins, Cox, Irestedt, et al ., 2020.  DOI:  10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106843 Highlights • Comprehensive molecular phylogen...
Saturday, November 12, 2016

[Ornithology • 2016] Stiphrornis dahomeyensis, S. inexpectatus & S. rudderi • Three New Species of Stiphrornis (Aves: Muscicapidae) from the Afro-tropics, with A Molecular Phylogenetic Assessment of the Genus

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[from top to bottom]        Stiphrornis rudderi, S. dahomeyensis  &   S. inexpectatus    Voelker, Tobler, Prestridge, Duijm, Groen...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

[Ornithology • 2015] Paragallinula gen. nov. • A New Genus for the Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Sundevall, 1850 (Aves, Rallidae)

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Fig. 2. Lesser Moorhen  Paragallinula angulata  Sundevall, 1850,  Kgomo Kgomo, South Africa, Feb. 2011 (photo by Mark Tittley). This p...
Friday, October 16, 2015

[Ornithology • 2015] Potential Merger of Ancient Lineages in A Passerine Bird discovered based on Evidence from Host-Specific Ectoparasites

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Figure 1. Phylograms and sample distribution maps of Xanthomixis zosterops and its associated Myrsidea . (A) ML phylogram of X. zostero...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

[Ichthyology / Behaviour • 2014] First Observation of African Tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus Predating on Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in flight

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Figure 1. Avivorous behavioural strategies adopted by Hydrocynus vittatus in the Schroda Dam man-made lake. (a) Flight path of the pr...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

[Ornithology • 2013] Rediscovery of a Long-Lost Lark reveals the Conspecificity of Endangered Heteromirafra populations in the Horn of Africa | Archer's Lark Heteromirafra archeri rediscovered after 90 years

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Heteromirafra archeri | Archer's Lark  Jijiga Ethiopia by David Hoddinott     http://rockjumperbirding.blogspot.com Abstr...
Tuesday, June 11, 2013

[Ornithology • 2013] Ptilopachinae: a new subfamily of the Odontophoridae (Aves: Galliformes); Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus & Nahan’s Partridge P. nahani

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Stone Partridge ( Ptilopachus petrosus ) Location: Tambacounda, eastern Senegal  Taken on January 2006 by Liki Fumei http://flic.kr/...
Monday, March 25, 2013

[Ornithology • 2012] Geodatabase of Global Owl species and Owl Biodiversity Analysis

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Abstract Global diversity assessments contribute to the understanding of large taxonomic groups, and conservation efforts depend ...