{"title":"Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: identity and taxonomic status","authors":"Lincoln D. C. Fishpool","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a5","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. The race centralis Neumann, 1904, of Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens is currently considered both to be poorly differentiated morphologically from the nominate subspecies and restricted to a limited area of north-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, being replaced elsewhere in the country by nominate nitens. Such views are mistaken. Study of specimens confirms assessments of earlier publications, in Dutch and French, that centralis occurs throughout the forest zone of northern and central DR Congo—to which region it is confined—whereas the nominate is known only from the coastal far west of the country. Moreover, the plumage of centralis is glossy dark bottle green, whereas that of nominate nitens is blackish with a dull oily green gloss. This difference was the justification for the initial recognition of centralis but has been almost entirely overlooked since the publication of the original description. Combined with the commonly reported contrast in throat colour and a previously unrecorded difference between the plumages of immatures, centralis is hence more distinct morphologically than previously appreciated. Further, a recent genetic analysis, involving samples from specimens shown by this study to have been centralis, demonstrated a divergence of c.4% from nominate nitens. In combination, these findings argue for the elevation of centralis to species rank.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"601 1","pages":"295 - 308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77610696","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noteworthy records of birds from Pando including two new species for Bolivia","authors":"P. Els, Tini Wijpkema, Jacob T. Wijpkema","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a9","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. Pando, the northernmost department of Bolivia, is mostly covered in Amazonian forest but has only recently started to be surveyed avifaunally. Here, we describe findings made during six expeditions in 2018–22, including two species new for Bolivia (Bonaparte's Parakeet Pyrrhura lucianii and Acre Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus cohnhafti), four species new for Pando (Black-capped Tinamou Crypturellus atricapillus, Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicanus, Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus, Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea), a subspecies new for Bolivia (White-bellied Parrot Pionopsitta leucogaster xanthurus), a subspecies new for Pando (Crested Becard Pachyramphus validus validus) and the first departmental record of a doradito (Pseudocolopteryx sp.). Additionally, we document extensions to the known distributions of several other taxa, several of which are evidently benefitting from deforestation.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"99 1","pages":"330 - 345"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76866063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Odilon Vieira, M. A. Crozariol, Talita de Andrade Ferreira, Tomás Gonçalves Capdevile, Carlos Augusto Caetano, Fábio de Paiva Nunes, Francisco Werlyson Pinheiro, Ileyne Tenório Lopes
{"title":"Additional breeding data for Ceará Gnateater Conopophaga cearae, with a review of the breeding biology of the Conopophagidae","authors":"Odilon Vieira, M. A. Crozariol, Talita de Andrade Ferreira, Tomás Gonçalves Capdevile, Carlos Augusto Caetano, Fábio de Paiva Nunes, Francisco Werlyson Pinheiro, Ileyne Tenório Lopes","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a15","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. We present data on the breeding biology of Ceará Gnateater Conopophaga cearae obtained during field work in the Serra de Baturité region, Ceará, Brazil, between 2017 and 2023: five nests, nine eggs, one nestling, one fledgling and a broken-wing display were documented. We also searched for specimens in two Brazilian ornithological collections, which resulted in an additional nest, two eggs and five specimens with evidence of breeding condition. Finally, we review available breeding data for the Conopophagidae, revealing that breeding biology information for the family is largely confined to two of the 11 currently recognised species.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"23 1","pages":"385 - 400"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83782570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Remarks on the types of the New Guinea endemic Otidiphaps Gould, 1870","authors":"Guy M. Kirwan, H. Grouw","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a11","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. We detail the types and some other early specimens of the four taxa currently usually treated as subspecies of the New Guinea endemic, Pheasant Pigeon Otidiphaps nobilis. This material has been subject to a number of erroneous statements in the previous literature. In chronological order of description, O. n. nobilis Gould, 1870, was based on a single specimen of unknown provenance and collector, now at the Natural History Museum, Tring; O. n. cervicalis E. P. Ramsay, 1880, and its objective junior synonym O. n. regalis Salvin & Godman, 1880, were based on multiple syntypes taken in 1879 (several of them the same specimens), all held in Tring (despite being previously reported as such, two specimens in Sydney appear to have no name-bearing status); O. n. insularis Salvin and Godman, 1883, is known from the two syntypes, collected in 1882 and held in Tring, and just one other specimen, taken in 1896 and held in the American Museum of Natural History, New York; and O. n. aruensis Rothschild, 1928, was based on a specimen collected in June 1914, now in New York, although there is a significantly earlier specimen of this taxon in the Museum Heineanum Halberstadt.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"378 1","pages":"350 - 361"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80625759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The overlooked nomenclatural history of the Fernando Po Mannikin Spermestes bicolor poensis (Fraser, 1843) (Estrildidae)","authors":"Paul Smith","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a3","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. Fernando Po Mannikin Spermestes bicolor poensis (Fraser, 1843) has had a relatively stable nomenclatural history since its formal scientific description. However, references in previous publications that have long been overlooked also clearly refer to this taxon. The Radiated Grosbeak of Latham (1783) on which the scientific name Loxia lineata J. F. Gmelin, 1789, is based, and the Pico grueso blanco y negro of Azara (1802), also refer to this taxon. Loxia lineata is a senior subjective synonym of Amadina poensis Fraser, 1843, but is a nomen oblitum. Thus, prevailing usage of the current name should be maintained.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"109 1","pages":"283 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85104990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Santos, Bruno Rennó, Elidiane Salgado, Jayrson Araújo, Rubens Matsushita
{"title":"Notable records of winter migrants for Goiás and Distrito Federal, central Brazil","authors":"E. Santos, Bruno Rennó, Elidiane Salgado, Jayrson Araújo, Rubens Matsushita","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a6","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. Bird migration patterns in the Cerrado region are still very poorly known, even in the best-studied areas of this biome. We present noteworthy records of five winter migrants in the Cerrado, including new records for the state of Goiás (Chilean Swallow Tachycineta leucopyga) and the Distrito Federal (Swallow-tailed Cotinga Phibalura flavirostris). The latter species' status, including temporal, in central Brazil is in chronic need of elucidation. Our records augment knowledge of the distribution and movements of these species outside their breeding areas, and some represent important range extensions.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"143 1","pages":"309 - 317"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90781987","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comments on the taxonomic status and disappearance of Mimocichla rubripes eremita Ridgway, 1905, with a substitute name, and notes on the type material of M. coryi Sharpe, 1902","authors":"Guy M. Kirwan, N. Collar","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a12","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. A population of the West Indian endemic Red-legged Thrush Turdus plumbeus formerly inhabited the Swan Islands (off northern Honduras), but is apparently extinct, having first and last been seen in 1887. Named Mimocichla rubripes eremita Ridgway, 1905, it fell into the synonymy of T. p. rubripes, found across the western two-thirds of Cuba. A recent check on seven Swan Islands specimens suggests that the validity of their subspecific status might be upheld for their apparently more extensive black throat, but further study is needed. The extinction of the population cannot be explained, but economic activity in the years from the 1850s to 1900s conceivably played a part. Meanwhile, Tristan Thrush Nesocichla eremita Gould, 1855, endemic to the archipelago of Tristan da Cunha, is nowadays also reassigned to Turdus. To resolve the resultant case of secondary homonymy, a substitute name for the Swan Islands population of Turdus plumbeus is offered.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"91 1","pages":"362 - 369"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79179061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Full Issue","authors":"","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a16","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135046800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel M. Brooks, Jack Sutton, Laura A. Kurchez, Adrian Garside, I. Ejotre, Matt Rice, Michelle L. Moeller, Robert J. Harris, Ivan De Klee, D. Reeder
{"title":"Noteworthy bird records from south-west South Sudan game reserves","authors":"Daniel M. Brooks, Jack Sutton, Laura A. Kurchez, Adrian Garside, I. Ejotre, Matt Rice, Michelle L. Moeller, Robert J. Harris, Ivan De Klee, D. Reeder","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a2","url":null,"abstract":"Summary. Avian camera trap image data from two game reserves in southwestern South Sudan produced three new country records, four other range extensions, and one filled a distributional gap between north-west Ethiopia and eastern Central African Republic. The study took place at Bangangai (31 traps, January 2015–February 2016) and Bire Kpatuos Game Reserves (52 traps, September 2015–August 2017). A total of 40 species (18 families) was recorded, including two Near Threatened species of global conservation concern: Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus and White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha. The occurrence of Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus, Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus and Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus represent first records for South Sudan.","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"20 1","pages":"274 - 282"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72977114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS","authors":"","doi":"10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25226/bboc.v143i3.2023.a1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38973,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the British Ornithologists'' Club","volume":"111 1","pages":"273 - 273"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82565912","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}