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Adult female, the tail of a lizard still sticking out of her beak. Safring ring number 723669, ringed north of Witvlei, Namibia (22 deg 24'S; 18 deg 30'E).
Biodiversity Observations/Bird ringing/Citizen Science

Greedy Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk

Posted on 20/04/2019 by admin

Franke-Bryson U. 2019. Greedy southern pale chanting goshawk Melierax canorus. Biodiversity Observations 10.8:1-7 Biodiversity Observations is an open access el...

Pair-of-adult-White-throated-Swallows
Bird ringing/Citizen Science

White-throated Swallows in Cape Town

Posted on 17/04/2019 by Dieter Oschadleus

White-throated Swallows are common in Cape Town in the summer months, building their nests under the multiple bridges that cross canals and rivers. They migrate...

E16147 oldest known Malachite Kingfisher
Bird ringing

Longevities of kingfishers

Posted on 05/04/2019 by Dieter Oschadleus

Kingfishers are colourful and interesting, and it is a great pleasure to hold one in the hand (Figure 1). Catching them also provides valuable data, and here lo...

Figure 12: The ravens killed, dismembered, and ate the spotted thick-knee. (c) PS Wairasho.
Biodiversity Observations

Dwarf ravens prey on thick-knee

Posted on 05/04/2019 by admin

Wairasho PS. 2019. Dwarf ravens kill and eat a spotted thick-knee – previously undocumented behavior of the dwarf raven or Somali crow. Biodiversity Obser...

Figure 3. Buffalo thrashing the kudu carcass. (c) J de Castro and M de Castro.
Biodiversity Observations

Mad buffalo

Posted on 04/04/2019 by admin

de Castro J, and de Castro M. 2019. Mad buffalo. Biodiversity Observations 10.6:1-9 Biodiversity Observations is an open access electronic journal published by ...

Figure 1. Coqui francolin male, Gauteng Province. Photographer c I McCutcheon. Record 27539 in the BirdPix section of the ADU Virtual Museum. Full details available at http:// vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-27539
Biodiversity Observations

Francolin distributions

Posted on 22/03/2019 by admin

Lerm RE, Jansen R, and Underhill LG. 2019. Bird distribution dynamics – Indigenous francolins in South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Biodiversity Observ...

Figure 1. Two young porcupines outside of the den.
Biodiversity Observations

Predation of porcupine by honey badger

Posted on 21/03/2019 by admin

Arbon K. 2019. Predation of porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis in the den by honey badger Mellivora capensis. Biodiversity Observations 10.4:1-3 Biodiversity Ob...

Figure 1. African black oystercatcher pair, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Photographer © Robert Thomson. Record 22446 in the BirdPix section of the ADU Virtual Museum. Full details available at http://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=BirdPix-22446
Biodiversity Observations

Oystercatcher distribution dynamics

Posted on 21/03/2019 by admin

Lerm RE, and Underhill LG. 2019. Bird distribution dynamics – African black oystercatcher in South Africa. Biodiversity Observations 10.3:1-7 Biodiversity...

Figure 1: A pair of Pintado petrels nesting on a Crassula covered ledge on Marion Island.
Biodiversity Observations

Pintado petrels breeding at Marion Island

Posted on 20/03/2019 by admin

Masotla MJ, Snyman A, Makhado AB, and Dyer BM. 2019. First breeding record of Pintado petrel (Daption capensis) at Marion Island. Biodiversity Observations 10.2...

Fig.1. Iridescence of a Violet Woodhoopoe *Phoeniculus d. damarensis* captured through a light microscope (left) and central distribution (centre) and peripheral distribution (right) through a transmission electron microscope.
Biodiversity Observations

Violet woodhoopoe feathers

Posted on 20/03/2019 by admin

Cooper MI, Sewell BT and Jaffer MA. 2019. Iridescence of violet woodhoopoe mantle feathers. Biodiversity Observations 10.1:1-2 Biodiversity Observations is an o...

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