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The phylogenetic affinities of the Socotra Bunting Emberiza socotrana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Manuel Schweizer --- Naturhistorisches Museum der Burgergemeinde Bern, Switzerland Guy M Kirwan --- Field Museum of Natural History, USAThe monophyly of the African ‘brown bunting’ complex was corroborated by a recent molecular study. However, the little-known Socotran endemic Emberiza socotrana, which is morphologically similar to the other taxa in this complex, was not included. Here we present a... -
What do myrmecophagous geckos eat when ants are not available?: comparative diets of three Socotran species
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Miguel A. Carretero --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Pietro Lo Cascio --- Associazione ‘Nesos’,, ItalyThe diet of three populations of semaphore geckos (Pristurus) from Socotra archipelago is analysed based on 82 faecal pellets. Pristurus samhaensis from the small islands of Samha (n = 18) and Darsa (n = 24) and P. sokotranus from the... -
Gould’s Icones avium (1837–1838) and vagrancy in the Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius — could it wander to islands in the Indian Ocean?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Guy M Kirwan --- , United StatesThe Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius was described in 1838 by John Gould from a male in breeding plumage, but its given locality, various islands in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea coasts, was eventually deemed unreliable and replaced in the...