Obituary — Phillip Alexander Clancey DSc, 1917–2001                                                      

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MPS Irwin

Articles

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

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RCK Bowie, P Bloomer, PA Clancey and TM Crowe

Abstract

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

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KM Sefc, RB Payne and MD Sorenson

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

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M Louette

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

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J Fjeldså

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Biogeographical zonation of African hornbills and their biotic and geographic characterizations     

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AR Muñoz, R Real, J Olivero, AL Márquez, JC Guerrero, SB Bárcena and JM Vargas

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

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LP Korzun, C Erard, J-P Gasc and FJ Dzerzhinsky

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

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P Beresford

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

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AJ Tree and NTW Klages

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

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BT Bonnevie, AJFK Craig, PE Hulley and GD Underhill

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

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RB Payne, C Sims Parr and LL Payne

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A field survey to investigate why nightjars frequent roads at night                                   

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HD Jackson

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

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RB Childress and LA Bennun

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

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PAR Hockey and WA Wilson

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

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K Kraaijeveld and J Komdeur

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

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KM Calf, CT Downs and MI Cherry

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Short notes

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

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P Shaw

Pel’s Fishing Owl, Scotopelia peli, preying on a small crocodile                                   

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PSM Berry,and RJ Dowsett

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

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RM Wanless

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

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RA Cheke, PJ Jones, M Dallimer and SV Green

On the body mass of the Montane and Pectoral Nightjars                                               

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HD Jackson

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

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R Prinzinger, B Haubitz, G Eichhorn and U Nothwang

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

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PG Ryan and CN Spottiswoode

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

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P Pons, G Rakotobearison and C Wendenburg