Bulletin 143

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 143, 2023

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Publication date for Volume 143 (1): 6 March 2023
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 143 Number 1, pages 1–136 | PDF (25 Mb)
Club Announcements 1
BISHOP, K. D. & VAN BALEN, S. (BAS) The avifauna of Biak Island, Papua, Indonesia with comments on status, conservation, natural history and taxonomy 3
SANGSTER, G., GAUDIN, J. & SCHUCHMANN, K.-L. A new genus for Thalurania ridgwayi (Trochilidae) 63
HUBERS, J., SCHNITKER, H. & VAN GROUW, H. Notes on a recently described subspecies, and the poorly known nominate subspecies of Rüppell’s Parrot, Poicephalus rueppellii mariettae and
P. r. rueppellii
66
BRADLEY, J., SHEMA, S. & GIJSBERTSEN, J. The occurrence and status of black-and-white Puffinus shearwaters on the Kenyan and Tanzanian coasts, with the first specimen records of Persian Shearwater P. persicus persicus 74
FISHPOOL, L. D. C. The distribution, specimens and status of Chestnut Owlet Glaucidium (capense) castaneum and Albertine Owlet G. (c.) albertinum 85
VAN GROUW, H. & DEKKERS, W.  The taxonomic history of Black-shouldered Peafowl; with Darwin’s help downgraded from species to variation 111
BERRYMAN, A. J. & BOAKES, E. H. Uncovering the true history of Dulit Partridge Rhizothera dulitensis to re-evaluate its conservation status 122
MUÑOZ, J., CASTELLI, D., JIMÉNEZ, S. & ABREU, M. New records of Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea in Uruguay 132
PRŶS-JONES, R. P. & SLATER, C. A. The correct authority for the name Spizaetus philippensis,
and the status of its type specimens
136
Publication date for Volume 143 (2): 7 June 2023
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 143 Number 2, pages 139-272 | PDF (25 Mb)
Club Announcements 139

CLARK, W. S. & SEIPKE, S. H.

Taxonomic status of Bay-winged Hawk Parabuteo (unicinctus) unicinctus and Harris’s Hawk P. (u.) harrisi, with documentation of delayed plumage maturation in Bay-winged Hawk

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VAN GROUW, H., HERNÁNDEZ-ALONSO, G., CAVILL, E. & GILBERT, M. T. P.

The Founding Feathers: the true ancestry of the domestic Barbary Dove

153
ALTEFF, E. F.

Results of ornithological inventories in north-west Minas Gerais state, Brazil, with
notes on distribution and conservation

172
HALLEY, M. R.

The composite identity of Muscicapa virens Linnaeus, and a neotype designation
for Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens (Tyrannidae)

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DIAMOND, J. & BISHOP, K. D.

What’s so special about New Guinea birds?

212
BERRYMAN, A. J. & COLLAR, N. J.

Subspeciation in the Ruby-throated Bulbul Rubigula dispar

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LOGAN, P. B.

A critical response to Halley’s (2022) ‘Audubon’s diary transcripts were doctored to support his false claim of personally discovering Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii (Audubon,
1834)’

244
PRŶS-JONES, R. P. & WHITE, J.

On the name Struthio australis Gurney Sr, 1868, and its type specimens

257
TOBIAS, J. A.

First record of Campina Thrush Turdus arthuri for Bolivia

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ROUND, P. D., PROMNUN, P., PIERCE, A. J., SANKAMETHAWEE, W., ALLEN, D. N., FUCHS, J., LWIN, N. & SAFOOWONG, M.

Non-breeding season records of warblers in the Phylloscopus reguloides lineage from Thailand and Myanmar

 

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Publication date for Volume 143 (3): 7 September 2023
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 143 Number 3, pages 273-385 | PDF (25 Mb)
Club Announcements 273
BROOKS, D. M., SUTTON, J., KURCHEZ, L. A., GARSIDE, A., EJOTRE, I., RICE, M., MOELLER, M. L., HARRIS, R. J., DE KLEE, I. & REEDER, D. M. Noteworthy bird records from south-west South Sudan game reserves 274
SMITH, P. The overlooked nomenclatural history of the Fernando Po Mannikin Spermestes bicolor poensis (Fraser, 1843) (Estrildidae) 283
RAIMILLA, V., DÍAZ, F., BARROS, R., NORAMBUENA, H. V., CONTRERAS, G., CARRASCO, S., TORRES, D. & SANDVIG, E. M. What is the northernmost breeding range of Fuegian Snipe Gallinago stricklandii? 289
FISHPOOL, L. D. C. Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: identity and taxonomic status 295
SANTOS, E. F., RENNÓ, B., SALGADO, E., ARAÚJO, J. & MATSUSHITA, R. Notable records of winter migrants for Goiás and Distrito Federal, central Brazil 309
JOSEPH, L. Towards a resolution of nomenclatural instability in the Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides complex 318
BOND, A. L. & RUSSELL, D. G. D. The provenance of the only known egg of the extinct Tristan Moorhen Gallinula nesiotis 325
VAN ELS, P., WIJPKEMA, T. & WIJPKEMA, J. T. Noteworthy records of birds from Pando including two new species for Bolivia 330
PALLINGER, F., SOARES, J. G. & SCHUNCK, F. First record of Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo in South America 346
KIRWAN, G. M. & VAN GROUW, H. Remarks on the types of the New Guinea endemic Otidiphaps Gould, 1870 350
KIRWAN, G. M. & COLLAR, N. J. 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 362
MONTENEGRO-AVILA, M., AVALOS, N. A., PARADA, G. A. & SALAZAR, R. S. M. Two new bird species for Bolivia 370
BERRYMAN, A. J., BOESMAN, P. & COLLAR, N. J. Evidence from citizen science and museum specimens suggests species rank for Erythrogenys [erythrogenys] imberbis (Salvadori, 1889), ‘Red-eyed Scimitar Babbler’ 375
VIEIRA, O., CROZARIOL, M. A., ANDRADE FERREIRA, T., CAPDEVILE, T. G., CAETANO, C. A., PAIVA NUNES, F., PINHEIRO, F. W. & LOPES, I. T. Additional breeding data for Ceará Gnateater Conopophaga cearae, with a review of the breeding biology of the Conopophagidae 385
Publication date for Volume 143 (4):  December 2023
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 143 Number 4, pages 401-616 | PDF (25 Mb)
Club Announcements 401
DONEGAN, T. M. Towards a more rational and stable nomenclature for Mallard Anas platyrhynchos, Greylag Goose Anser anser and their domesticates, including various priority issues, designation of lectotypes, and a First Reviser act 406
VALLELY, A. C., ERTL, F. & GARCIA, T. The edge of the subtropics: a preliminary list of the birds of San José de Sumaco, Ecuador 424
ABRHA, A. M., GEDEON, K., ZELELEW, S. A., HAILE, G. N., NIGUS, H. K., HIDGOT, A., SIYOUM, M. H., ABDELWAHAB, Z. A., NGUSE, M., WELDETNSAE, B. G., GEBREWAHED, H. & TÖPFER, T. A consolidated checklist and new avifaunal records for southern Tigray, Ethiopia 464
RIVAS, F., NORAMBUENA, H. V., DÍAZ, C. G., SEITZ, S. N. & BELLO, E. P. Description of the eggs and nest, with notes on the breeding ecology of Hellmayr’s Pipit Anthus hellmayri dabbenei in Chile 479
STUDER, A. & CROZARIOL, M. A. New breeding information on Brazilian birds. 2: Columbidae and Cuculidae 485
BRADLEY, J. E. & IKAWA, V. J. Kenyan records of an unnamed Riparia martin first discovered in the highlands of Ethiopia 554
WILSON, J.-J., FISHER, C., SENFELD, T. & COLLINSON, J. M. What is John Latham’s Rose-fronted Parrot? 559
KIRWAN, G. M. & RUSSELL, D. G. D. A nesting aggregation of Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae, with additional remarks on a cave nest of the species 564
LENRUMÉ, P. First confirmed record of Arrowhead Piculet Picumnus minutissimus in French Guiana 572
BOESMAN, P. & COLLAR, N. J. Speciation in the Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae 576
Index to Volume 143 (2023) 587