Observations de Gonoleks de Barbarie Laniarius barbarus à dessous jaune Sénégal

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by  Bahacar Ndao

Observations de Gonoleks de Barbarie Laniarius barbarus a
dessous jaune Senegal
BabacarNdao
AYellow-crownedGonolekwithentirelyyellowunderpartswasdiscoveredatKeurGadj.Senegal,on
19July 19891- Itwaspairedwithanormalindividualandwasregularlyobservedduringthefollowing
sevenyears.Duettingappearedtobeinitiatedbyeitherbird.On28July1990,thepairwasaccompanied
byanapparentlyyoungbird,whichalsohadyellowunderparts.Theaberrantadultremainedinthearea
afterthekillingofitspartner,inJuly1993,and,whileremainingunpaired,wasregularlyheardsinging.
Itwaslastseen in September 1996.
U
n Gonolek de Barbarie Laniarius barbarus a pierres en juillet 1993. Bien que chantant
dessous entierement jaune (sauf les sous- regulierement,ilestapparemmentrestecelibataire; il
caudales) fut decouvert a Keur Gadj, Senegal, en aetevu pourla derniere fois enseptembre 1996. T
juillet 19861. IIetaitaccoupleaunindividunormalet Bibliographie
lecoupleaeteobserveregulierementpendant7ans.
Le chant en duo etait initie par l’un ou l’autre des 1. Ndao,B. 1989.AuSenegal,ungonolekdeBarbarie,
adultes.Le28juillet1990,lecoupleetaitaccompagne Laniariusbarbarus, a dessous jaune apparie a un
sujetnormal.Malimbus 11: 97-98.
d’unjeuneaudessousegalementjaune. L’adulteaux
colorationsaberrantesacontinuedefrequenterlesite c/oMaineMarieDiouf,Niary-Tally, Taba-Ngoye,Kaolack,
apres la disparition de son partenaire, tue au lance- Senegal.
Letters
Unidentified pytilias
The descriptiongivenbyWelch&
Welch ofthe presentlyunidentified
pytiliaswhich appeared inBull.ABC
5: 46-50differlittle frombirdsfirst
observed in 1986byKennyHandof
Kathu inthe northernCape province,
South Africa. The yellow-throated
pytilia breeds alongside Green-winged
PytiliaPytiliamelba, but does not
occurin mixedfamilygroups, prefer-
ringtofeedand drinkseparately. They
arefoundwithinaradiusof8km, in
Camelthorn, which grows alongthe
banks ofawindingdryriverbed. The
photograph shows acaptivemale.($)
NevilleBrickell, AviculturalResearch
Unit (Southern African Region),
100InnesRoad, Durban 4001,
South Africa.
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