Tag Archives: Mozambique
Dapple-throat (Arcanator orostruthus): revise global status?
BirdLife species factsheet for Dapple-throat This discussion was first published as part of the 2020 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 … Continue reading
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
Archived 2020 topic: Namuli Apalis (Apalis lynesi): revise global status?
BirdLife International factsheet for Namuli Apalis. Namuli Apalis is endemic to Mozambique, and found at two sites: Mt Namuli and Mt Mabu. The species prefers low-canopy montane forest and rich shrubland (Dowsett-Lemaire, 2010). On Namuli, it was found at altitudes … Continue reading
Archived 2017 topics: Spotted Ground-thrush (Geokichla guttata): downlist from Endangered to Vulnerable?
BirdLife Species factsheet for Spotted Ground-thrush: http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/spotted-ground-thrush-geokichla-guttata The Spotted Ground-thrush, Geokichla guttata (formerly placed in the genus Zoothera) is currently listed as Endangered under criterion C2a(i), on the basis that it has a very small and fragmented population which … Continue reading
Archived 2017 topics: Gurney’s Sugarbird (Promerops gurneyi); Black-eared Sparrow-lark (Eremopterix australis); Drakensberg Rockjumper (Chaetops aurantius); Ground Woodpecker (Geocolaptes olivaceus); Sentinel Rock-thrush (Monticola explorator); Forest Buzzard (Buteo trizonatus): 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
Archived 2016 topics: Olive-flanked Robin-chat (Cossypha anomala) is being moved to genus Dessonornis and split: list D. anomala as Vulnerable? Request for information on D. 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
Archived 2016 topics: Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui) is being split: list A. moreaui as Critically Endangered and A. sousae as Endangered?
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
