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
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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
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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

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ALTEFF, E. F.

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

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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?

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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)’

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PRŶS-JONES, R. P. & WHITE, J.

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

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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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