Abstract
Between 21and 27 July 2015, a total of 43 birds of 15 species were caught with mist nets at Kissikina, Malange, Angola. Thirty-two of those, of 11 different species, were moulting primaries and their moult was recorded. In this note we present the data collected hoping to add some information on the moult patterns of these species in this part of the world.
Highlights
Between 21 and 27 July 2015 a total of 43 birds of 15 species were caught with mist nets at Kissikina, Malange, Angola
Several papers on the moult of southern Africa birds have been published with data collected in different countries, especially South Africa (Craig, 1983)
C. indicus and C. colius from South Africa and noted that 80% of the C. striatus taken between November and April that were exam
Summary
The birds were caught at Kissikina, Malange, Angola (9°47’43”S; 15° 14’27”E), about 250 km east-south-east of Luanda. We used mist-nets which were set up on the edge of an abandoned farming area near the River Kwanza between 21 and 27 July 2015. A total of 43 birds of 15 species were caught of which 32 birds of 11 species were undergoing primary moult (Appendices 1). Moult was recorded following the standard system used by Ginn & Melville (1983). This system scores the moult status from 0 (old feather) to 5 (new feather fully grown). Absent feathers were considered as stage 1
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