Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology
Journal / Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology / Vol. 74 No. 1 (2003) / Articles

Obituary

Phillip Alexander Clancey DSc, 1917-2001

The Karoo Thrush (Turdus smithi Bonaparte 1850), a southern African endemic

1-7

Phylogenetic relationships of African sunbird-like warblers: Moho (Hypergerus atriceps), Green Hylia (Hylia prasina) and Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushiae)

8-17

Size, plumage, moult and supposed hybrids of African Goshawks (Accipiter tachiro/toussenelii group) in DR Congo

18-29

Patterns of endemism in African birds: how much does taxonomy matter?

30-38

Biogeographical zonation of African hornbills and their biotic and geographic characterisations

39-47

Biomechanical features of the bill and and jaw apparatus of cuckoos, turacos and the hoatzin in relation to food acquisition and processing

48-57

Molecular systematics of Alethe, Sheppardia and some other African robins (Muscicapoidea)

58-73

Status, biometrics, moult and possible relationships of the South African population of Roseate Tern

74-80

Moult, breeding season, mass, wing length, and dispersal in Cape Robins (Cossypha caffra) and Olive Thrushes (Turdus olivaceus): results from mist-netting garden birds

81-86

Song mimicry, song dialects, and behavioural context of songs in brood-parasitic Straw-tailed Whydahs, Vidua fischeri

87-96

A field survey to investigate why nightjars frequent roads at night

97-101

Effect of breeding timing on White-breasted Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) reproductive success at a seasonally constant Kenyan lake

102-109

Reproductive traits of marine terns (Sternidae): evidence for food limitation in the tropics?

110-116

Observations on the breeding biology of the Seychelles Fody on Cousine Island

117-124

Territoriality of Cape Sugarbirds (Promerops cafer) between and within breeding seasons

125-128

Short Note

Breeding activity and provisioning rates of Stripe-breasted Tits (Parus fasciiventer) at Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda

129-132

Short Note

Pels Fishing Owl, Scotopelia peli, preying on a small crocodile

133-xx

Short Note

Flightless Aldabra Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri aldabranus) kills Black Rat (Rattus rattus)

134-134

Short Note

Armoured Bush Cricket attacks on nestling Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)

135-135

Short Note

On the body mass of the Montane and Pectoral Nightjars

136-138

Short Note

Comparative heart mass in Blue-naped Mousebirds (Urocolius macrourus) and Speckled Mousebirds (Colius striatus)

139-140

Short Note

Long-billed Tailorbirds (Orthotomus moreaui) rediscovered at Serra Jeci, northern Mozambique

Short Note

Immediate effects of a fire on birds and vegetation at Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, NW Madagascar

146-148