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Announcement of a new ADU/SAFRING publication:
Review of Ring Recoveries of Waterbirds
in Southern Africa
by
L.G. Underhill, A. J. Tree, H.D. Oschadleus, and V. Parker
Published by the Avian Demography Unit, Cape Town
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The second SAFRING recovery review is hot off the press. This new publication
is the first comprehensive review of the results obtained from 50 years of
waterbird ringing in southern Africa. The datasets of all waterbird species in the
SAFRING databank are examined, with particular focus on the analysis of
waterbird movement data. The launch of this special publication, sponsored by
the Dutch Embassy, coincided with the signing of the first African Eurasian
Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA) in November 1999 in Cape Town.
Waterbirds, in accordance with the Ramsar definition, include all freshwater
species, as well as all wader species, both inland and coastal. Each species is
discussed in a text by accompanied tables showing distances moved and elapsed
times. Certain species accounts also contain striking ringing-to-recovery maps of
varying geographical scale.
The maps dramatically illustrate some of the startling information held in the
SAFRING datasets. Examples include the first evidence that Ruddy Turnstones
from the Canada-Greenland population migrate to southern Africa as one area of
their non-breeding range. Also that of a South African-ringed Ruff recovered in
far-eastern Siberia, at a distance of 15 392 km between between ringing and
recovery site -- the longest distance ever recorded for a terrestrial bird !
The review comprises 119 pages in A4 size format. The price is R120.00
including Vat and postage within South Africa. To purchase a copy or to enquire
about orders for foreign destinations, please email us at
safring@gmain-com
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Order Pelecaniformes (Great White Pelican, cormorants, Darter)
- Order Ciconiiformes (herons, egrets, Little Bittern, Hamerkop, storks,
ibises, African Spoonbill)
- Order Phoenicopteriformes (flamingos)
- Order Anseriformes (ducks and geese)
- Order Gruiformes (cranes, crakes, Common Moorhen, Red-knobbed Coot)
- Order Charadriiformes
Sub-order Charadrii (waders)
Sub-order Lari (gulls and terns)
- References
- Index
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Ruff Phylomachus pugnax by Reg Denison
Artwork from The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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