Longevities of shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes
The shrikes, bush-shrikes and helmet-shrikes were formerly all classed together in one family, but have been split into separate bird families (shrikes, bush-sh...
Tag: Longevity
Longevities of Cossypha robin-chats
There are 14 species of Cossypha robin-chats in Africa. They are medium sized thrushes and sexes are alike. They have much red in the plumage and many species h...
Ringing the Dark-backed Weaver
Dark-backed Weavers are locally common in forest patches along the eastern seaboard of Africa and across Eastern and central Africa to Cameroon. Their nests may...
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...