Avian diet Archives

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...

Figure 1: Doves drinking at Monamodi Pan. Photo: Julio de Castro.

Biodiversity Observations

Hornbill predation on sparrow

Posted on 08/07/2018 by admin

de Castro J, Castro L, de Castro M and Rijnders F. 2018. Predation by Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill on adult Southern Grey-headed Sparrow. Biodiversity Observ...

Figure 1: Camera trap photographs of Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus visiting Encephalartos villosus to feed on fruit, Nelspruit, October 2011 (Photos: Craig Symes).

Biodiversity Observations

Cycad seed dispersal

Posted on 06/07/2018 by admin

Symes CT. 2018. Cycad seed dispersal – the importance of large frugivorous birds. Biodiversity Observations 9.4:1-9 Biodiversity Observations is an open a...