Vol. 75 No. 4 (2004) | Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology

Published: 2005-02-23

Commentaries

A need for continued collecting of avian voucher specimens in Africa: why blood is not enough

John M Bates, Rauri CK Bowie, David E Willard, Gary Voelker, Charles Kahindo

187-191

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485442

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Commentaries

Provenance of the Kalahari Scrub-robin

Terry Oatley

192-194

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Commentaries

Fowl play: identification and management of hybridisation between wild and domestic Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) in South Africa

Andrew L Walker, Rauri CK Bowie, Charles S Ratcliffe, Timothy M Crowe

195-198

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485444

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Commentaries

Francolins, partridges and spurfowls: what\'s in a name?

T M Crowe, T M Crowe, R M Little, R M Little

199-203

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Commentaries

Global change challenges the Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax): modelling extinction risk with respect to predicted climate and land use changes

Matthias C Wichmann, W Richard J Dean, Florian Jeltsch

204-210

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485446

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Breeding biology of the Cape Bulbul Pycnonotus capensis: a 40-year comparison

Oliver Krüger

211-216

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485447

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Effects of drought on birds in the Kalahari, Botswana

Marc Herremans, Marc Herremans

217-227

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485448

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Variation in nest predation among arid-zone birds

Penn Lloyd

228-235

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485449

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Breeding of Greater and Lesser Flamingos at Sua Pan, Botswana, 1998–2001

Graham McCulloch, Kenneth Irvine

236-242

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485450

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Status and abundance of the African Black Oystercatcher Haematopus moquini at the eastern limit of its breeding range

C J Vernon

243-249

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485451

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Nest-site partitioning in a strandveld shrubland bird community

Dianah Nalwanga, Penn Lloyd, Morné A du Plessis, Thomas E Martin

250-258

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485452

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Avian clutch size in relation to rainfall seasonality and stochasticity along an aridity gradient across South Africa

Denis Lepage, Penn Lloyd

259-268

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485453

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The influence of nest-site characteristics on the nesting success of the Karoo Prinia (Prinia maculosa)

Dianah Nalwanga, Penn Lloyd, Morné A du Plessis, Thomas E Martin

269-274

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485454

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Occurrence and abundance of waterbirds at an ephemeral pan in the Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Eric Herrmann, Mark D Anderson, Maitland Seaman

275-284

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485455

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Effects of a predator control experiment on Grey-winged Francolin (Scleroptila africanus) populations

R M Little, T M Crowe

285-287

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485456

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Systematics of Serinus canaries and the status of Cape and Yellow-crowned Canaries inferred from mtDNA and morphology

P G Ryan, D Wright, G Oatley, J Wakeling, C Cohen, T L Nowell, R CK Bowie, V Ward, T M Crowe

288-294

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485457

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Climate change and birds: perspectives and prospects from southern Africa

Robert E Simmons, Phoebe Barnard, WR J Dean, Guy F Midgley, Wilfried Thuiller, Greg Hughes

295-308

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485458

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Sociable Weaver biometrics and primary moult

H Dieter Oschadleus

309-316

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485459

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Short Note

Sexual dimorphism in Rüppell\'s Korhaan Eupodotis rueppelli

Timothy O Osborne

317-319

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485460

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Short Note

Two incidents of talon-grappling and cartwheeling in the Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

Wendy D Borello, Remigio M Borello

320-321

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485461

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Short Note

Co-operative breeding in the Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

Claire Spottiswoode, Eric Herrmann, O Anne E Rasa, Colin W Sapsford

322-324

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485462

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Short Note

Pygmy Falcon predation of nestlings of their obligate host, the Sociable Weaver

Rita Covas, Onno Huyser, Claire Doutrelant

325-326

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485463

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Short Note

Comparative breeding success of Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis in two adjoining habitats

Penn Lloyd

327-328

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485464

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Short Note

The breeding and population status of the African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris in Botswana

Stephanie J Tyler

329-332

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485465

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Short Note

Common Fiscal Lanius collaris preying on a Cape Serotine Bat Eptesicus capensis

Eric Herrmann

333-xx

DOI:

10.2989/00306520409485466

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