Malimbus 29 (1) March/mars 2007
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Abstracts prepared
for Ornithological Worldwide Literature (OWL)
Grimes, L.
2007. Dialects in the song of the Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastra at the University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana,
February - April 2004. Malimbus 29: 1-15. (3 St Nicholas Ct., Warwick CV34 4JY, U.K.
<lgrimes"at"freeuk.com>.) —Repeats and confirms a similar study
conducted 30 years previously at the same place, in which several dialects were
identified on the campus, though the dialects are now different. Defines dialects from visually distinct and
reproducible patterns in spectrograms and time differences between consecutive
notes, but reports no statistical analysis.
Green, A. A., P. Hall, & A. P. Leventis. 2007. Avifauna of Omo Forest Reserve, SW Nigeria. Malimbus
29: 16-30. (178 Patten Rd., Shelburne
Falls, MA 01370, U.S.A.
<greenarthura"at"hotmail.com>.)—Compiles records over a long,
imprecise period (1980 - 2000?) and estimates abundance for 210 species.
Diawara, Y., et al.
2007. [New
data on the breeding and wintering of Greater Flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus in Mauritania and confirmation of exchanges
with Mediterranean colonies]. Malimbus 29: 31-41.
(Parc National du Banc d’Arguin, BP 5355 Nouakchott, République
Islamique de Mauritanie. <ydiawara"à"yahoo.fr>.)
—Data from aerial surveys in 2003-4 showed nesting at one location on the Banc
d’Arguin in numbers comparable to previous years. Similarly, total wintering numbers along the
Mauritanian coast have held up. The
reading of ring numbers from a mobile hide proved that birds ringed in Europe
nest in Mauritania. (French, Eng. summ.)
Salewski, V., & J. Korb. 2007. New bird records for Benin. Malimbus
29: 42-45. (Prinz-Rupprecht-Str. 34,
93053 Regensburg, Germany.<salewski"at"orn.mpg.de>.) —Pelecanus onocrotalus, Hieraaetus ayresii,
Luscinia megarhynchos, Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris, Cisticola eximius,
Cisticola guinea.
Ballantyne, S.
2007. Bird diversity in Nyassang Forest Park, The Gambia (Malimbus 28: 134-142): corrections and
further information. Malimbus 29: 45-46. (41 Craiglomong Grdns., Balloch, West
Dunbartonshire G83 8RP, Scotland.
<stephistheone"at"hotmail.com>.)—Results in reducing total
number of species observed by 3 to 110 and predicted bird diversity to c. 285 species.
King, T.
2007. Brazza’s Martin Phedina brazzae in
the Lesio-Louna Reserve, Congo Republic.
Malimbus 29: 46-49. (John Aspinall Foundation, BP 13977,
Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. <ppgscience"at"yahoo.com>.)—1
record, 20 Jun 2005.
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