Original Articles

BIRDS ASSOCIATING WITH FIRE AT NYLSVLEY NATURE RESERVE, TRANSVAAL

Published in: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
Volume 58 , issue 3 , 1987 , pages: 103–106

DOI: 10.1080/00306525.1987.9633679

Author(s): W. R. J. Dean Transvaal Nature Conservation Division, Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Boekenhout, Transvaal,

Abstract

Dean, W. R. J. 1987. Birds associating with fire at Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Transvaal. Ostrich 58:103-106. Observations of 76 species of birds associating with 54 fires on Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Transvaal, South Africa, in an area of savanna woodland during 1979-82 are described. The fire front was attended mainly by insectivores which took their prey in the air and on the ground. Burnt areas were utilized by both seed and insect eaters after fires.

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