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Ringing at Sonop farm, Paardeberg
Paardeberg Inselberg is surrounded by vineyards and farms, but patches of fynbos, trees, farm dams, homestead gardens provide varied habitat and good diversity ...
Contributions of the Ibadan Bird Club
Awoyemi AG and Bown D. 2019. Bird conservation in Africa – the contributions of the Ibadan Bird Club. Biodiversity Observations 10.9:1-12 Biodiversity Obs...
Greedy Southern Pale Chanting Goshawk
Franke-Bryson U. 2019. Greedy southern pale chanting goshawk Melierax canorus. Biodiversity Observations 10.8:1-7 Biodiversity Observations is an open access el...
White-throated Swallows in Cape Town
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...
Longevities of kingfishers
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...
Dwarf ravens prey on thick-knee
Wairasho PS. 2019. Dwarf ravens kill and eat a spotted thick-knee – previously undocumented behavior of the dwarf raven or Somali crow. Biodiversity Obser...
Mad buffalo
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 ...
Francolin distributions
Lerm RE, Jansen R, and Underhill LG. 2019. Bird distribution dynamics – Indigenous francolins in South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. Biodiversity Observ...
Predation of porcupine by honey badger
Arbon K. 2019. Predation of porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis in the den by honey badger Mellivora capensis. Biodiversity Observations 10.4:1-3 Biodiversity Ob...