Bulletin 144

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 144, 2024

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Publication date for Volume 144 (1): 10 March 2024
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 144 Number 1, pages 1–99 | PDF
Club Announcements 1
SQUIRES, T. E. & BOND, A. L. Specimens of the extinct Spectacled Cormorant Urile perspicillatus 3
GUSSONI, C. O. A., TINTI, M. C., GOMES, A. M., RAMASSOTTI, L. C., MACHADO, R. C., CETANI, L. E. R., MICHELOTTO,A. S. & GONZALES, M. Breeding biology, diet and vocal repertoire of White-rumped Monjita Xolmis velatus 19
VAN GROUW, H., DEKKERS, W. & ROOKMAAKER, K. Third time lucky for Forsten’s pigeon; taeniura, forsterii, forsteni 29
MONTENEGRO-AVILA, M., SERRANO R., A., AVALOS, N. A. & VELASQUEZ-NORIEGA, P. Record of Markham’s Storm Petrel Hydrobates markhami in La Paz, Bolivia 39
DOVE, C. J., WHATTON, J. F., MILENSKY, C. M., BOSS, W., RAYALEH, H. & AWALEH, D. G. Notable records and observations of four passerines in Djibouti, 2020 42
HALLEY, M. R. Return to the ‘Great Pine Swamp’ of Alexander Wilson 49
PRAVEEN J. & AIMASSI, G. Re-restricting the type locality of Burhinus [= Oedicnemus] indicus Salvadori, 1866 74
COLLAR, N. J. & MARTIN, R. W. Sangihe Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx sangirensis: a distinct and extinct endemic species 76
PRŶS-JONES, R. P. The founding of the British Ornithologists’ Club, and its main protagonists 91
KIRWAN, G. M., VAN GROUW, H. & SU, M.-R. Confusing female Taiwanese Tarsiger bush robins and designation of a lectotype for Ianthia johnstoniae Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 96
Publication date for Volume 144 (2): 3 June 2024
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 144 Number 2, pages 99-188 | PDF
Club Announcements 101
HALLEY, M. R. Morphological review of the genus Eupherusa (Trochilidae) does not support recognition of the monotypic genus Dicranurania Sangster et al., 2023 103
VAN GROUW, H., DEKKERS, W. & JANSEN, J. J. F. J. Why Bolle’s Laurel Pigeon Columba bollii is not named Wagler’s Laurel Pigeon Columba lamprauchen 109
HALLEY, M. R. Remarks on the Costa Rican expeditions of Ridgway and Zeledón in 1905 and 1908, with a focus on three type localities 121
LENRUMÉ, P., CLAESSENS, O., D’ORCHYMONT, Q., BERTUS, V., CANTALOUBE, G., TOSTAIN, O., EPELBOIN, L., KELLE, L., FOXONET, H. & WIEGERS, J. N. Transatlantic vagrancy in northern South America: eight Old World bird taxa new to French Guiana 132
DONEGAN, T. M. On the nomenclature of wild and domestic Streptopelia doves 150

LICARIÃO, C. & BRITO SILVA, M.

First record of Noronha Elaenia Elaenia ridleyana on Atol das Rocas, Brazil

156

KIRWAN, G. M. & ELLIOTT, A.

Proposed conservation of reversed precedence in a woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptinae) taxon 159

BOND, A. L. & BERRYMAN, A. J.

Museum specimens, photographs, and sightings of White-eyed River Martin Pseudochelidon sirintarae

162

ELLIOTT, A. & DAVID, N. 

The correct spelling of the family-group name based on Leiothrix

183

COLLAR, N. J.

The foundation of the British Ornithologists’ Club

187
Publication date for Volume 144 (3): 2 September 2024
Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club Volume 144 Number 3, pages 189-328 | PDF
Club Announcements 189

HUSTLER, K.

Recent proposed changes to the taxonomy of spurfowl and francolins: further commentary and concerns

191

SCHMIDT, J.-U.

New data on elevational distribution, abundance and nesting of birds on Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea

211

 VAN GROUW, H. & JOHANNESSEN, L. E.

On another specimen of Faeroese white-speckled raven Corvus corax varius

238

IRUSTA, J. B. 

First record of Killdeer Charadrius vociferus in Brazil

242

GOURAUD, C. & JANSEN, J. J. F. J. 

Extinct and endangered (‘E&E’) birds in the ornithological collection of Le Beffroi Musée Boucher de Perthes-Manessier, Abbeville, France

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COLLAR, N. J. & KIRWAN, G. M.

Coua cristata maxima—species or subspecies, adult or juvenile, extant or extinct, aberrant or hybrid?

269

COLLAR, N. J., YAHIA, J., BACCETTI, N. & BERRYMAN, A. J. 

Distribution and conservation status of Cyrenaica Partridge Alectoris [barbara] barbata

281

 MARKS, J. S., ZIRL, R., HUDSON, C., YÁBAR, R., GOMES, A. M. & GREENEY, H. F.

First nest descriptions of Olive-faced Flatbill Tolmomyias viridiceps

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VAN ELS, P., WIJPKEMA, T., WIJPKEMA, J. T., MONTENEGRO-AVILA, M., AVALOS, N. A. & MARTÍNEZ, J. L.

New observations on the status, occurrence and ecology of birds in Bolivia

296

SALAS-SOLANO, D. & SANDOVAL, L. 

First description of the nest of Sulphur-rumped Tanager Heterospingus rubrifrons

311

WILLRICH, G.

Additional information on the breeding biology of Azure-shouldered Tanager Thraupis cyanoptera

316

HORVATH, E. G.

Breeding of White-fronted Swift Cypseloides storeri in Michoacán, Mexico

323

ARETA, J. I., HALLEY, M. R., KIRWAN, G. M., NORAMBUENA, H. V., KRABBE, N. K. & PIACENTINI, V. Q.

The world’s largest hummingbird was described 131 years ago

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