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Ground cavity nest temperatures and their relevance to Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea conservation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: James Wakelin --- Scientific Services, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, South Africa Amy-Leigh Wilson --- School of Life Sciences, South Africa Colleen T Downs --- School of Life Sciences, South AfricaBlue Swallows Hirundo atrocaerulea are Critically Endangered within South Africa. They nest in natural underground holes in mist-belt grasslands. Temperature dataloggers were used to record ground cavity nest (Tn) and ambient temperature (Ta) for one artificial and 11 natural Blue... -
Current distribution and population size of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea in the southern Tanzanian highlands
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Steven W Evans --- SARCHI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, South Africa Elizabeth M Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, Tanzania Neil E Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, Tanzania Dirk Cilliers --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management (Zoology), South AfricaTwo surveys of Blue Swallows were conducted in the southern Tanzanian highland grasslands in order to determine the habitat preferences and estimate the size of this subpopulation. During the 2008/09 and 2012 surveys, a total distance of 3 635 km was... -
Geographically widespread mitochondrial lineages of the African saw-wings inconsistent with species boundaries
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Lisa N Barrow --- Department of Biological Science, USA Desiré L Dalton --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Steven W Evans --- SARCHI Chair on Biodiversity Value and Change, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, South AfricaThe African saw-wings (genus Psalidoprocne) are a group of swallows endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Although currently described as five species with several subspecies, the taxonomy of the saw-wings is unclear. We sequenced two mitochondrial genes (ND2 and cytb; 1 717... -
Nesting habitat of the Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola mauritanica in Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Mohammed Hilmi --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Abdallah Mahamoud --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Omar Taouali --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Nadia Mhammdi --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Pedro Fernandes --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Mohammed Aziz El Agbani --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, Morocco Abdeljebbar Qninba --- Institut Scientifique, Mohammed V University, MoroccoThe Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola (subspecies mauritanica) of family Hirundinidae is endemic to Morocco and known for its ability to dig tunnels in earthen banks in which it nests. The nature of the sediment and the morphological features of the...