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Tag Archives: Ethiopia
Archived 2020 topic: Taita Falcon (Falco fasciinucha): Request for Information
BirdLife International factsheet for Taita Falcon The Taita Falcon is a small raptor, with a range from South Africa and Zimbabwe through Malawi and Tanzania to Kenya (BirdLife International, 2020). It favours roost sites in high cliffs, and hunts over … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Archive
Tagged Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Taita Falcon, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Archived 2018 topic: Black-fronted Francolin (Pternistis atrifrons): revise global status?
Black-fronted Francolin (Pternistis atrifrons) was recently split from P. castaneicollis (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) and is currently listed as Least Concern (BirdLife International 2017). P. atrifrons has only been reported from southern Ethiopia, around the town of Mega, and … Continue reading
Archived 2018 topic: Philippa’s Crombec (Sylvietta philippae): list as Least Concern?
This discussion was first published as part of the 2017 Red List update. At the time a decision regarding its status was pended, but to enable potential reassessment of the species as part of the 2018 Red List update this … Continue reading
Archived 2017 topics: Maccoa Duck (Oxyura maccoa): request for information
This discussion was first published as part of the 2016 Red List update. At the time a decision regarding its status was pended, but to enable potential reassessment of this species as part of the 2017 Red List update this … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Archive, Waterbirds
Tagged Botswana, ducks, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maccoa Duck, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
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Archived 2016 topics: Montane White-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus) is being split: list Z. silvanus as Endangered, Z. winifredae as Vulnerable and Z. kulalensis as Near Threatened? Request for information for Z. eurycricotus and Z. mbuluensis.
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Archive, Taxonomy
Tagged Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, white-eye
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Archived 2016 topics: Rufous-naped Lark (Mirafra africana) is being split: list M. africana as Least Concern and M. sharpii as Near Threatened?
This is part of a consultation on the Red List implications of extensive changes to BirdLife’s taxonomy for passerines Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International will soon publish the second volume of the HBW-BirdLife Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the … Continue reading