African Wildlife & Environment Issue 83

BIRDING

Photograph: Michael & Lizanne Heyns

Threats and conservation status A decline has been noted in the coastal forests of Kenya after 1983. Concern has been expressed about lit buildings in coastal Tanzania, which might pose as a collision risk, as the birds are nocturnal migrants. Breeding habitat in the Zambezi valley has been impacted by elephants and agricultural expansion. Habitat loss and fragmentation are ongoing.

John Wesson jwesson@wessanorth.co.za

Further reading South African Bird Atlas project 2. Animal

Demographic Unit, University of Cape Town, Tarboton, WR. (2011). Roberts Nests & Eggs of Southern African Birds. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund Wikipedia

43 | African Wildlife & Environment | Issue 83 (2023)