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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 conservation status of the Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea Sundevall 1850 in Africa
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 Ara Monadjem --- Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa Lizanne Roxburgh --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa Andrew E McKechnie --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST-NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Ellizabeth M Baker --- Tanzanian Bird Atlas Project, United Republic of Tanzania Robert B Kizungu --- Organisation of Biodiversity Information and Conservation in Congo Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo Ian T Little --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South Africa Fadzai Matsvimbo --- BirdLife Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Ronald K Mulwa --- National Museums of Kenya and Nature Kenya, Kenya Daniel Mwizabi --- Zambian Wildlife Authority, Zambia Dianah Nalwanga --- Nature Uganda, Uganda Kariuki Ndang'ang'a --- BirdLife International, Africa Partnership Secretariat, Kenya Leigh Combrink --- Endangered Wildlife Trust, South AfricaThe global Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea was classified as Vulnerable in 2010 on account of its small and rapidly declining population estimated at less than 1 500 pairs. We undertook this study to gain a better understanding of the current... -
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... -
Wadaja Ritual: Portrait of a Wallo Cultural Coping Mechanism
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Assefa Balcha --- Independent scholar, EthiopiaThis article looks at the extent of the Oromo influence on the indigenous cosmology and healing practices of the pre-Oromo inhabitants of Wallo. In particular, Oromo influence is illustrated by the wadaja, a widely-practiced ceremony of communal prayer which we... -
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...