scholarly journals Opportunistic avian nectarivory on flowering Aloe maculata with a review of visiting bird species

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Dawie de Swardt ◽  
Aphiwe Kozana
Keyword(s):  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Free State

Eight bird species were recorded feeding on Aloe maculata (Soap Aloe) nectar at Biddulphsberg, Senekal, Free State, from 23–26 August 2021. Birds were mist-netted as part of a bird ringing study and aloe pollen was noticed on some birds. The flowering aloes attract mainly Malachite Nectarinia famosa and White-bellied Sunbirds Cinnyris talatala as well as Cape Zosterops virens and Orange River White-eyes Z. pallidus. Of the 108 birds ringed or collected, 34 birds (eight species) had aloe pollen on them. These species, including a first record of Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans, and a confirmed record of Streaky-headed Seedeaters Crithagra gularis, represent the first observations of birds probing A. maculata flowers.

scholarly journals First record of Ornithodoros faccinii (Acari: Argasidae) on toads of genus Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) in Brazil

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hermes Ribeiro Luz ◽  
Bruna Barboza Bezerra ◽  
Walter Flausino ◽  
Arlei Marcili ◽  
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
16S Rrna ◽  
Tick Species ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Approach ◽  
Phylogenetic Relatedness ◽  
Mitochondrial Sequence ◽  
First Time

Abstract Although a group of soft ticks (Argasidae) associated with amphibians was recently discovered in Brazilian rainforests, parasitism by these ticks on cold-blooded animals remains less common than on mammal and bird species. In this study, we identified ticks that were collected from toads that had been caught in December 2016 and January 2017, at Itinguçú waterfall (22°54’05” S; 43°53’30” W) in the municipality of Itaguaí, state of Rio de Janeiro. Tick specimens were identified using a morphological and molecular approach. In total, twelve larvae of Ornithodoros ticks were collected from three individuals of Rhinella ornata and were identified as Ornithodoros faccinii. Our results include a longer 16S rRNA mitochondrial sequence for O. faccinii that supports its phylogenetic relatedness to Ornithodoros saraivai, and we report this tick species parasitizing Rhinella toads for the first time in Brazil.

scholarly journals First record of death-feigning in Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Cathartidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 242-244
Author(s):  
Marjory Auad Spina ◽  
Luís Fábio Silveira
Keyword(s):  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Cathartes Aura ◽  
Turkey Vulture ◽  
Death Feigning ◽  
Black Vulture ◽  
Natural Predator

AbstractDeath-feigning is a behavior ability with the purpose of allowing prey to evade from predators. Despite death-feigning is recorded on a wide variety of bird species, it has been recorded only once in vultures, more specifically on a Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) nest. In addition to this record, we report this behavior while manipulating an individual of Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) in Brazil. This behavior is not usual in Cathartidae since adult vultures do not have a known natural predator.

The First Record of Horned Lark from Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve – A New Record for Bhutan

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-90
Author(s):  
Gyeltshen Dorji ◽  
Sangay Wangchuk ◽  
Wangchuk Wangchuk ◽  
Sonam Tobgay ◽  
Jigme Wangyal
Keyword(s):  
New Record ◽  
Nature Reserve ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Horned Lark

The Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) even though a widespread songbird species had not been recorded from Bhutan. The bird was observed in Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve in a recent trip to Gakiling, Haa. With this new record, the number of bird species found in Bhutan has increased to 739 species.

scholarly journals The first record of the Siberian northern shrike (Lanius borealis sibiricus) in Lithuania with molecular confirmation

Biologija ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vytautas Eigirdas ◽  
Vesta Jonikė
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
New Species ◽  
Biological Diversity ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽  
The Past ◽  
Mitochondrial Cytochrome B ◽  
The World ◽  
A New Species

Climate change significantly affects biological diversity around the world. Trends of this phenomenon have also been noticed in Lithuania: in the past decades, 55 new bird species have been recorded. The recent record of a new species was done on 3 December 2019. During ordinary birds ringing carried out in Ventės Ragas Ornithological Station in Lithuania, an individual Siberian northern shrike (Lanius borealis sibiricus) was caught and ringed. Additional blood sample was collected for species confirmation. Based on identification keys and molecular mitochondrial cytochrome b analysis, we report that this is the first record of the Siberian northern shrike in Lithuania.

scholarly journals Seed Dispersal by Frugivores and Germination Success of the Invasive Alien Shrub Pyracantha Angustifolia in the Eastern Free State Province, South Africa

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lehlohonolo Donald Adams ◽  
Grant D. Martin ◽  
Colleen T. Downs ◽  
Vincent Ralph Clark ◽  
Vuyisile Thabethe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seed Dispersal ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Camera Traps ◽  
Free State ◽  
Fruit Pulp ◽  
Frugivorous Birds ◽  
Alien Plant ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Germination Success ◽  
Eastern Free State

Abstract Invasive alien plants can use animal-plant interactions to increase their invasiveness. This study investigated the role of frugivorous birds in seed dispersal and germination of the alien plant Pyracantha angustifolia (Rosaceae) in South African high elevation grasslands. We monitored which bird species fed on the fruit of the invasive P. angustifolia in some farms in the Eastern Free State Province using camera-traps and direct surveillance. Nine bird species visited P. angustifolia shrubs to perch or feed on fruits, but only one bird (Speckled Mousebird) fed on the fruits during timed observations. To assess the effect of ingestion by avian frugivores on P. angustifolia germination, P. angustifolia fruits were fed to captive Cape White-eyes (Zosterops virens), Dark-capped Bulbuls (Pycnonotus tricolor), Purple-crested Turacos (Gallirex porphyreolophus), Red-winged Starlings (Onychognathus morio) and Speckled Mousebirds (Colius striatus). Seeds collected from bird excreta, whole fruits, and depulped fruits were grown under greenhouse conditions and germination rates recorded. All captive bird species, except for Cape White-eyes, ingested the seeds; Cape White-eyes only fed on fruit pulp that they had manually removed. Bird species with relatively larger body mass had longer seed retention times compared with the smaller bird species. Germination success of both depulped and ingested P. angustifolia seeds was high (> 80%) and that of whole fruits low (7%). Ingestion by the four avian frugivore species did not affect germination rate and success; instead, the birds facilitate the spread and germination of seeds by removing the fruit pulp and spreading the seed away from the parent shrubs.

scholarly journals Distribution and phenological data of some bird species of Uganda

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-57
Author(s):  
Attila Bankovics ◽  
János Török ◽  
Gábor Michl ◽  
Péter Péczely ◽  
Tibor Csörgő
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
New Records ◽  
House Sparrow ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Passer Domesticus ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Yellow Warbler ◽  
Phenological Data ◽  
Distribution Maps

Abstract During a twenty five days trip in Uganda a brief faunistic survey of birds, mammals and reptiles was performed. Altogether 380 bird species were observed in six National Parks and some other protected areas in the summer of 2012. From these 64 bird species are discussed here selected according the following criteria: rarity, occurrence in a new habitat or geographic area, and emergence of novel breeding phenological data of certain species. Our new records of House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) along the Kazinga Channel (between Lake Edward and Lake George) are outside the current distribution range of the species. The House sparrow expanded its area about 800 km toward west from their first record in Nairobi in 1992. Our new records on White-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus poensis), Red-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus rufus), Papyrus Yellow Warbler (Chloropeta gracilirostris), Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow (Passer shelley) and Streaky Seedeater (Serinus striolatus) also require the correction of distribution maps of this species in Uganda. In addition we give some remarks on the breeding phenology of Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara), Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher (Muscicapa cassini) and Northern Red Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus). Our recent observational data of African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) may have importance for the Bonn Convention. These observations might be important from conservation and ecotouristic point of views

scholarly journals FIRST BREEDING RECORD OF JAVAN MUNIA (Lonchura leucogastroides) IN SUMATRA, INDONESIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal ◽  
Doni Setiawan ◽  
Arum Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Active Nest ◽  
Musa Sp

Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides) is recently common bird species in southern Sumatra, but no breeding record reported in Sumatra. On 11 October 2015, an active nest of Javan Munia and few juveniles were seen among bunches of Banana (Musa sp) fruits in Sukarejo village, Musi Rawas district, South Sumatra province. This observation is constitute first record of Javan Munia in Sumatra. Keywords: First, observation, nest, Javan Munia, Sumatra.

scholarly journals Arhythmorhynchus comptus (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) from shorebirds in Patagonia, Argentina, with some comments on a species of Profilicollis

Check List ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 1910 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Capasso ◽  
Julia I. Diaz
Keyword(s):  
South America ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
Host Distribution

Adult and immature Arhythmorhynchus comptus (Acanthocephala: Polymorphidae) were found parasitizing the Baird’s Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii, and the White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae), from several locations in Patagonia, Argentina. This is the first record of A. comptus in the southern part of South America and from C. fuscicollis and C. bairdii, expanding both its geographical and host distribution. Additionally, immature specimens belonging to the genus Profilicolliswere found in both bird species. 

scholarly journals First record of a cyanobacterium Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns (Cyanobacteria, Scytonemataceae) in Africa

Check List ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 827-832
Author(s):  
Louis Maree ◽  
Sanet Janse van Vuuren ◽  
Anatoliy Levanets ◽  
Jonathan Taylor
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
First Record ◽  
Free State ◽  
Nitrogen Fixing ◽  
Free State Province ◽  
Taxonomic Description ◽  
Microscope Images

Petalonema alatum (Borzì ex Bornet & Flahault) Correns is a nitrogen fixing, subaerial cyanobacterium characterized by a blue-green trichome surrounded by a very broad, lamellated mucous sheath. It typically grows on dripping limestone rocks in temperate regions, but it has also been observed in some calcareous lakes and limestone springs. Although the species is known to be present in the Americas, Europe and Asia, no records could be found for its presence in Africa. In the last decade, it was sampled twice from rock surfaces in cave overhangs in the Free State Province of South Africa, representing a first record of its presence in Africa. A taxonomic description, microscope images as well as detailed geographical distributions of P. alatum are provided.

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