Malimbus 22 (1) March/mars 2000

Abstracts prepared for Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)

Nikolaus, G. 2000. The birds of the Parc National du Haut Niger, Guinea. Malimbus 22: 1-22. (Feldweg 87, 27474 Cuxhaven, Germany.)—A description of the park and its habitats followed by an account of habitat preferences, abundance rating (3 levels), breeding indication, and presence each 10-day period during one dry season (late November 1996 to April 1997) of 300 species (17 new to Guinea) based on field observations, mist-netting, captures of hunters and bird sellers.

Spierenburg, P. 2000. [New observations on six species of birds in Mali.] Malimbus 22: 23-28. (SNV-Bhutan, c/o Koeriersdienst BuZa, Postbus 20061, 2500 EB Den Haag, Pays-Bas.)—Summary of observations on Machaerhamphus alcinus, Agapornis pullaria, Apus caffer, Apus aequatorialis, Halcyon malimbica, and Apalis flavida made from 1994 to 1996 in south-west Mali. (French, Engl. summ.)

Scholte, P., & R. J. Dowsett. 2000. Birds of Waza new to Cameroon: corrigenda and addenda. Malimbus 22: 29-31. (Ctr. Environ. Sci., PO Box 9518, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands; email scholkerst"at"cs.com.)—Referring to Scholte et al’s paper in Malimbus 21: 16-50, corrections to status of 14 species and ringing data on 2 others.

Moore, A. 2000. Comment on species rejected from and added to the avifauna of Bioko Island (Equatorial Guinea). Malimbus 22: 31-33. (1 Uppingham Rd., Oakham, Rutland LE15 6JB, UK.)—Status of Gyps africanus and Vanellus albiceps referred to by Pérez del Val et al in Malimbus 19: 19-31.

Pérez del Val, J. 2000. Reply to Moore. Malimbus 22: 33-34. (Mus. Nac. Cienc. Nat. de Madrid, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28020 Madrid, Spain.)—To note in Malimbus 22: 31-33.

Brouwer, J., W. C. Mullié, & P. Souvairan. 2000. Colour of the downy young and notes on breeding and food of the Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis in Niger. Malimbus 22: 34-37. (Brouwer Environ. Agric. Consultancy, Wildekamp 32, 6721 JD Bennekom, The Netherlands; email brouwbar"at"bos.nl.)—New data from 7 nests over a 30 year period.

Payne, R. B., C. R. Barlow, & T. Wacher. 2000. Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha in The Gambia, with comparison of its calls in The Gambia and Nigeria. Malimbus 22: 37-40. (Mus. Zool. and Dept. Biol., Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbour, MI, USA; email rbpayne"at"umich.edu.)—By field observations and audiospectrogaphs.

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