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DURBAN Mus. NOVIT. 32 NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE BIRD SPECIMENS

Avifaunal specimens from northern Mozambique

in museum collections

**W.RJ. DEAN* & S.J. MILTON**

Percy FitzPatrick Institute, DST/I\lRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Private Bag

X3,

Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa

*Author for correspondence: e-mail: Iycium@telkomsa.net

Summary

Dean, W.R.J. & Milton, S.J. 2007. Avifaunal specimens from Northern Mozambique in museum collections Durban Museum Novitates 32: 1-37. Collection details and taxonomy are given for 3573 specimens of 421 species of birds collected in northern Mozambique. The taxonomy has been updated to include species splits and synonymies, and the most recent opinions on mono typic and polytypic species. KEYWORDS: birds, collections, Mozambique, museum, specimens, subspecies.

Introduction

Northern Mozambique, here defined as that part of Mozambique north of 18° S, is both poorly known ornithologically and of interest to students of avian biogeography. The Zambezi River, the Rift Valley on the eastern edge of Malawi and the mountains and inselbergs along the western edge of northern Mozambique all provide potential biogeographic barriers, promoting speciation. Southern Malawi and the western parts of northern Mozambique share many species and subspecies, often (in the case of subspecies) differing from subspecies further south in Mozambique. It is of interest to present a list of specimens from northern Mozambique in museum collections. Details of some of these have already been published (Kirk (1864), Sclater (1864), Alexander (1899, 1900a, b, c), Roberts (1911), Kirby (1913), Vincent (1933-1936) and Brooke (1965,1969)) but it is useful to repeat these data here, particularly as there have been many recent changes in taxonomy. It is also opportune, in the light of the recent Birds o.f Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006), to present these data to show similarities and differences between southern Malawi and northern Mozambique.

Northern Mozambique has been explored by naturalists and collectors since the early 1800s. Some of the early collectors are H. Salt, who collected some birds in 1809, W.C.H. Peters, who collected fishes and lizards, and some birds in northern

Mozambique from 1843 to 1848 (Bauer et al. 1995), the

Livingstone expeditions along the Zambezi river in 1862-1863 (Kirk 1864), J. Dickinson, who collected mainly raptors in 1861 (Sclater 1864), J. Mellor in 1863 (specimens in the BMNH collection), H.S.H. Cavendish and F. Stuhlmann, active in the late 1880s (specimens in the BMNH and 2MB collections, respectively), Boyd Alexander, who collected birds along the Zambezi river in 1898 (Alexander 1899-1900), 'Arthur Loveridge in 1905 and 1918 (Loveridge 1922), C.H.E. Grant in 1907 (Sclater 1911a, b, c), F. Vaughan-Kirby and A Roberts in 1908 (Roberts 1911, 1912; Vaughan-Kirby 1913), P.A. Sheppard in the early 1900s (specimens in the TM collection), H.C. Muller in 1925 (Brooke 1969), H.B. Cott in 1927 (specimens in Cambridge collection), D.W.K. MacPherson in 1928-1929 (Brooke 1965) and J. Vincent, who collected for the BMNH in 1931 and 1932 (Vincent 1933-1936). More recent collectors include (in chronological order, earlier to later), C.W. Benson, J. Makawa, the Carp-Transvaal Museum expedition, D.W. Lamm, A.S. Moore, e.G. Coetzee, M. Vincent, D. Dickinson, AC. Kemp and J.M. Mendelsohn. The specimens are widely scattered in museums in the world, with the bulk of the material in The (British) Natural History Museum, Tring, UK (Table 1).

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Museum No. of specimens

Albany Museum

American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Australian Museum

1 270

8

4 11

Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CM) Durban Natural Science Museum (DNSM) East London Museum (ELM)

Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH) Hancock Museum

Los Angeles County Museum (LACM)

32

1

3 National Museums, Liverpool (Liverpool)

Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ, Harvard) Museum Bern

12 24

4

Museum fiir Naturkunde Berlin (ZMB) National Museum of Wales (Wales)

Peabody Museum of Natural History (PMNH) Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)

lziko-South African Museum (SAM)

82 2 5 16 14 Staatliches Museum fiir Naturkunde Stuttgart (SMNS)

The (British) Natural History Museum (BMNH) Transvaal Museum (TM)

5 2406 568 58 42 University of Cambridge collection (Cambridge)

U. S. National Museum (USNM)

Zoologische Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) 4

Table 1. Museums and institutions that have bird specimens collected in northern Mozambique in their respective collections. The museum name is followed by the acronym (if used) for that museum in the text. Cities and countries where the museums are situated are given in the Acknowledgements.

Systematic list

Nomenclature and systematics follow Hockey et al. (2005) in

the main. For species extralimital to the area covered by that book, nomenclature follows The Birds of Africa series of

handbooks (Brown et al. 1982; Urban et al. 1986, 1997; Fry

et al. 1988, 2000; Keith et al. 1992; Fry & Keith 2004) and

Dickinson (2003).

Georeferencing oflocalities is within a 15° x 15° square following the system devised by Leistner & Morris (1976). Collection date given is to month only, with the number of specimens collected in that month included in the same parentheses.

Family Phasianidae

Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui A. Smith

Collection localities: Nhauela [1537AD] (Aug); Bandi River [1433DD] (Dec), Rio Monapo [1540BAJl (May), Namagoa [1636DD]' (2, August).

Specimens: BMNH (I), Cambridge (1), TM (2), USNM (1). Notes: 'Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: P c. coqui in adjacent southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and most likely throughout northern Mozambique.

Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena (A. Smith)

Collection localities: Muite [1440AD]' (Oct); Muite [1440AD]3 (Oct); Panhame [1530DA]' (Nov); confluence of Luenha and

Mazoe rivers [1633CB](2)1 (Aug); Tete [1633BA]2 (Mar); Nicuadala [1736DB]2 (Jun).

Breeding records: eggs, Ruo River [1635CA], 4 December 1898, coli. A.B. Percival.

Specimens: BMNH (4), CM (2), DNSM (2), FMNH (4), TM (7), 2MB (1).

Notes: 'Labelled D. s. zambesiae (Mackworth-Praed).

2Labelled D. s. rovuma (G. R. Gray).

3Labelled nominate.

Taxonomy: D. s. rovuma in adjacent southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi Ogilvie-Grant

Collection localities: 8 km north-east ofFurancungo [1433DC] (Mar, 2); Bandi River [1433DD] (Jan; Dec); Necutuxi [1439BC] (lun); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC] (Jan, 2). Specimens: AMNH (I), BMNH (4), Cambridge (2). Taxonomy: S. s. shelleyi.

Natal Spurfowl Pternis~is natalensis A. Smith

Collection localities: Panhame [1530DA] (Nov, 2); Messenguza [1836CA] (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (2), TM (1).

Taxonomy: P n. neavei Mackworth-Praed in the Tete district

and along the Zambezi river (Clancey 1971). Species considered monotypic (in the genus Francolinus) by Urban et at. (1986).

The distribution in Urban et at. (1986) does not show occurrence

in northern Mozambique, but is correct in White (1965).

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Hildebrandt's Francolin Pternistis hildebranti Cabanis

Collection localities: Nacaroa [1439BD] (Jun); near Zobue [1534CB] (Apr); Milange [1535DB] (Feb).

Specimens: BMNH (3).

Taxonomy: P h. johnstoni Shelley in adjacent southern

Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006). Urban et al.

(1986) consider the species monotypic.

Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer Muller

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD]1 (Dec); near Cuamba [1436DC]1 (May); Cuamba [1436DC]1 (May); Mossuril [1440DC]1 (Sept, 2); Lumbo [1540BA]1 (Jul, 2); Tete [1633BA]1 (Mar) [type locality of P afer humboldtii

(peters, 1854)]; Mazowe [1633CB]1 (Mar); Tacuane [1636BC]1 (Jan); Nicuadala [1736DB]2, (May, 2); Mopeia [1835BB]2, (Jan); Quelimane [1836BB]1 (Jan, 2).

Specimens: BMNH (4), Cambridge (1), Liverpool (2), MCZ Harvard (2), TM (4), 2MB (3).

Notes: ILabelled P afer humboldtii Peters. This taxon

considered synonymous (in Francolinus) with P afer loangwae

Grant & Mackworth-Praed by White (1965) and Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2006), but placed in synonymy with P afer melanogaster Neumann by Urban et al. (1986) and

Dickinson (2003).

2Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: P a. loangwae Grant & Mackworth-Praed occurs

in adjacent southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Swainson's Spurfowl Pternistis swainsonii (A. Smith)

Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB] (Nov, 2), Panhame [1530DA] (Nov, 2); Cachomba [153lBB] (Oct). Specimens: BMNH (5).

Taxonomy: P s. lundazi White occurs in adjacent southern

Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Delegorgue

Collection localities: 11 km east of Lake Amaramba [1435BD] (May); Chic6a [1 532CB], (Oct); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 2); 80

km south-east of Milange [1636AC] (Jan); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC] (Jan); Vila de Sena [1735AC] (Jul). Specimens: BMNH (7).

Taxonomy: C. d. delegorguei.

Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii Verreaux and Verreaux

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD] (Jan); Mopeia [1835BB] (Jan).

Specimens: Cambridge (1), TM (3). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Family Numididae

Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi Hartlaub

Collection localities: Rio MucubUri [1338DB]1 (Jul, 2); Mirrote [1339DC]1 (Jun, 3); Mecuburi [1438DB]2 (Sept, 7); Muite [1440ADf (Jun); Vila do Zumbo [1530CBf (Nov). Specimens: AMNH (8), BMNH (7).

Notes: ILabelled G. e. barbata Ghigi.

2Labelled nominate.

Taxonomy: G. e. edouardi in adjacent southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and most likely this is the form in northern Mozambique.

Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris Linnaeus

Collection localities: Mirrote [1339DC] (Jun, 2); Bandi River [1433DD] (Jan, 2; Mar, 2); Massinguesi [1531CA] (Aug); 48 km south of Furancungo [1533DA] (Mar); 16 km south-west ofZobue [1534CB] (Apr); Lumbo [1540BA] (Oct); confluence ofLuenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB] (Sept); Bandar [1634CA] (Aug, 2); 80 km south-east ofMilange [1636AC] (Jan); Tacuane [1636BC] (Jan, 2); Nicuada1a [1736DB]1 (May); Messenguza [1836CA]1 (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (11), Cambridge (4), PMNH (1), TM (2). Notes: INot ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: N m. mitratus Pallas in adjacent southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and along the Zambezi river (Clancey 1971).

Family Dendrocygnidae

Fulvous Duck Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot)

Collection localities: Confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB], (Aug).

Specimens: BMNH (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic

White-faced Duck Dendrocygna viduata (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul, 2). Specimens: TM (2).

Taxonomy: Monotypic Family Anatidae

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB] (Jun); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (1), TM (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic

Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Rio Chire [1735CB] (Feb). Specimens: BMNH (1).

Taxonomy: P g. niger Sc1ater. Recognised by Brown et al.

(1982) and Dickinson (2003), but ~ot by White (1965) and Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2006) who consider the species monotypic.

Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos (Pennant)

Collection localities: Near Cuamba [1436DC] (May), Tete [1633BA] (Jan; Mar); Messenguza [1836CA] (Jul, 3). Specimens: BMNH (2), TM (3), 2MB (1).

Taxonomy: Sarkidiornis m. melanotos. Recognised by Brown

et al. (1982), Dickinson (2003), and Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2006), but not by White (1965), who considers the species monotypic.

African Black Duck Anas sparsa Eyton

Collection localities: Bandi River [l433DD], (Apr; Dec). Specimens: BMNH (1), Cambridge (1).

Taxonomy: A. s. sparsa.

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Family Turnicidae

Kurrichane Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus (Desfontaines)

Collection localities: Cachomba [153lBB] (Oct); Massinguesi [1531CA] (Sept, 2); Chic6a [1532CB] (Sept); Vila de Sena [1735AC] (Jul).

Taxonomy: T. s. lepurana (A. Smith).

Family Indicatoridae

Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus Lesson

Collection localities: Namuli Mt [1539BA]1 (Aug, 2). Specimens: BMNH (2).

Notes: 'Labelled 1. variegatus virescens Reichenow, 1889.

Taxonomy: 1. variegatus. 1. v. virescens Reichenow is

recognised by Clancey (1977), but the species is generally considered monotypic (White 1965, Fry et at. 1988, Dickinson

2003, Oowsett-Lemaire & Oowsett 2006).

Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator (Sparrman)

Collection localities: Namapa [13390B] (Jun); 40 km north-east of Furancungo [14330A] (Mar); Bandi River [143300] (Mar; Nov; Dec); Lake Amaramba [1435BO] (May); Mtogwe Mt [14360C] (May); Malema, 24 km west [1438CC] (May); Cachomba [153lBB] (Oct); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC] (Jan); Nicuadala [17360B] (Jun).

Specimens: BMNH (7), Cambridge (3), TM (1). Notes: 'Labelled 1. indicator inquisitor Clancey.

Taxonomy: 1. indicator. The species is generally considered

monotypic (White 1965, Fry et al. 1988, Dickinson 2003,

Oowsett-Lemaire & Oowsett 2006).

Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Stephens

Collection localities: Namuli Mt [1539BA] (Aug); Ngamwe [1636BC] (Mar; Jul); Quelimane [1836BB] (Mar). Specimens: BMNH (1), TM (2) 2MB (1).

Notes: 'Labelled 1. minor teitensis Neumann.

Taxonomy: 1. m. minor. 1. minor teitensisi is recognised by

Clancey (1980), Fry et al. 1988 and Dickinson (2003) but

generally considered synonymous with nominate 1. minor

(White 1965, Oowsett-Lemaire & Oowsett 2006). Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae Sbelley

Collection localities: Serra Jeci [1235CC] (Aug, 2); Namuli Mt [1539BA] (Aug, 3).

Specimens: BMNH (3). Taxonomy: P. z. zambesiae.

Family Picidae

Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda

(Reichenow)

Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB]2 (May, 2; Jun, 2); Capiriuta [1433BO]1 (Nov); Cazula [1533BC]' (Mar, 2); near Z6bue [1534CB]' (Apr); Marracua [163600f (Jan); Nicuadala [17360Bf (Mar; Jun, 2).

Specimens: AMNH (2), BMNH (7), TM (3).

Notes: lLabelled C. bennettii vincenti Grant and

Mackworth-Praed.

2Labelled C. scriptoricauda (Reichenow).

Taxonomy: C. scriptoricauda. This considered a full species

by Clancey (1980) and Hockey et al. (2005). C. bennettii vincenti is placed in synonymy with C. bennettii scriptoricauda

(Reichenow) by White (1965), Fry et al. (1988), Dickinson

(2003) and Oowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006). Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni (A. Smith)

Collection localities: Zumbue [1530BB] 1 (Sept); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]' (Nov); Cachomba [153lBB]2 (Oct); Chic6a [1532CB]4 (Aug); Alto Ligonha [1538CB]3 (May); Lumbo [1540BA]3 (Jul, 2); Ngamwe [1636BC]4 (Aug). Specimens: BMNH (2), FMNH (2), TM (2), USNM (2). Notes: lLabelled C. abingoni smithii (Malherbe, 1845).

2Labelled C. abingoni vibrator Clancey.

3Labelled C. abingoni suahelica (Reichenow).

Taxonomy: C. a. suahelica (Reichenow) occurs in southern

Malawi (Oowsett-Lemaire & Oowsett 2006) and is the form most likely to occur in northern Mozambique. C. a. constricta

Clancey is recognised by Fry et al. (1988) and Dickinson (2003), but both of these authorities place C. a. vibrator

Clancey in synonymy with C. a. suahelica. White (1965) does

not recognise either of these subspecies, but constricta may

have been described post-publication of his checklist. White (1965) suggests that only nominate C. abingoni (south of the

Save R.) and C. a. suahelica (from the Save R. north) occur

in Mozambique. Until there has been a critical review of C.

abingoni subspecies and their distributions in Mozambique,

the conservative approach of White (1965) should be followed. Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii

(Malherbe)

Collection localities: Namapa [13390B]' (Jun); Ribaue, 32

km w~st [1438CC]1 (May); Lumbo [1540BA]2 (Aug); 80 km

south-east ofMilange [1636AC]1 (Jan); Marracua [163600]1 (Jan); Nicuadala [17360B]3 (May, 2; JUll); Muriela [17360A]3 (lun); Mixixine [I 737CA]3 (Apr).

Specimens: BMNH (4), FMNH (1), TM (5).

Notes: lLabelled C. cailliautii fuelleborni (Neumann).

2Labelled C. cailliautii loveridgei Hartert.

Taxonomy: C. c. loveridgei occurs in adjacent southern Malawi

(Oowsett-Lemaire & Oowsett 2006) and most likely in northern Mozambique. C. c. fuelleborni is recognised by White (1965)

(with no mention of loveridgei), but not recognised by Fry et

al. (1988). It is placed in synonymy with C. c. loveridgei by

Dickinson (2003).

Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens (Vieillot)

Collection localities: Serra Jeci [1235CC]1 (Aug); Namapa [13390B]1 (Jun, 3); Mirrote [13390C]I(Jun); Lurio [1340CB]1 (Jun, 2); Bene Posto [143200]' (Sept); Mtogwe Mt [14360C]' (May); Lalaua [1438AO]3 (Jun); 24 km west of Malema [1438CC]' (May); 32 km west of Ribaue [1438CC]1 (May); Netia [1440CA]' (May; Jun, 2); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]' (Nov, 2); Fingoe (Tete) [1531BB]1 (Sept); Fingoe (Tete) [1531BB]2 (Sept); Massinguesi [1531CA]1 (Aug); Cazula [1533BCf (Feb); 48 km north of Tete [15330C]' (Mar); near

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Z6bue [1534CB]1 (Apr); Gurue [1536BD]1 (Feb); Nhauela [1537AD]1 (Aug); Chinga [1538BA]1 (May); Namuli Mt [1539BA]1 (Jul); Tete [1633BA]1 (Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Sept); Bandar [1 634CA]1 (Aug); Tacuane [1636BC]1 (Jan, 2); Vila de Sena [l735ACr (Apr); Chipanga [1735AD]1 (Apr); Nicuadala [1736DB]3 (Jun, 5); Muriela [1736DA]3 (Jul, 2); ManIa [1737BB]3 (Jul); Mopeia [1835BB]3 (Jan); Messenguza [1836CA]3 (Jul). Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (30), TM (10), USNM (4). Notes: ILabelled D. f hartlaubii Malherbe.

2Labelled D. f hemprichii (Ehrenberg).

Taxonomy: D. f noomei Roberts is the most likely subspecies

to occur in northern Mozambique. Dowsett-Lemaire& Dowsett (2006) record D. f hartlaubii throughout most of Malawi,

with D. f noomei present in the extreme south. D. f noomei

is recognised by Clancey (1980), but placed in synonymy with

D. f intermedius Roberts by Fry et al. 1988. Not mentioned

by Dickinson (2003).

Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus (Lichtenstein)

Collection localities: Uirio[1438BA] (May, 2; undated, 1); Muite [1440AD] (Jun); Tete Gunction of Luenha and Mazoe Rivers) [1633CB] (Sept); Nicuadala [1736DB]1 (May, 2; Jun, 4).

Specimens: AMNH (5), TM (6). Notes: INot ascribed to subspecies. Taxonomy: D. n. namaquus.

Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi Reichenow

Collection localities: Serra Jeci [1235CC] (Aug); 24 km south ofFurancungo [1533BC] (Mar, 3); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC] (Jan).

Specimens: BMNH (5). Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Lybiidae

White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis (Sundevall)

Collection localities: Mirrote [1339DC]1 (Jun); Lima [1439CB] 1 (Oct); Namialo [1439DD] 1 (Sept); Monapo [1440CD]1 (JuI).

Specimens: AMNH (3), BMNH (1). Taxonomy: S. l. leucotis.

Green Barbet Stactolaema olivacea (Shelley)

Collection localities: Namuli Mt [1539BA] (JuI5, Aug, 3). Specimens: BMNH (8).

Taxonomy: S. o. belcheri (Sclater) occurs in southern Malawi

and is most likely the form in northern Mozambique. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus

(Sundevall)

Collection localities: Mirrote [1339DC] 1 (Jun); Muite [1440AD]1 (Jul); Netia [1440CA]1 (May); Namuli Mt [1539BA]1 (Aug, 2); ManIa [1737BB]1 (luI); Mopeia [1835BB]2 (Jan).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (5), CM (1), DNSM (7),

FMNH (3), PMNH (1), TM (6), ZFMK (2). Notes: ILabelled nominate P bilineatus.

Taxonomy: P b. bilineatus. Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2006) consider that P b. oreonosus Clancey is the form in

southern Malawi. This subspecies not recognised by Fry et al.

(1988) and Dickinson (2003) who place it in synonymy with nominate bilineatus. This approach is followed here.

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus

(Temminck)

Collection localities: 24 km west of Malema [1438CC]1 (May, 2); 32 km west of Ribaue [1438CC]1 (May, 2); Nhauela [1537AD]1 (Jul); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC]1 (Jan); Tacuane [1636BC], (Jan); Ngamwe [1636BC]2 (JuI); Nicuadala [1736DB]2 (Jun).

Specimens: BMNH (7), TM (2). Notes: ILabelled P c. extoni (Layard).

Taxonomy: P c. extoni occurs throughout Mozambique.

Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus (Dumont)

Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB]1 (Jun, 7); Braganca (5 km south of Tete) [1434ADf (Oct, 2); Mtogwe Mt [1436DC]1 (May, 3); Necutuxi [1439BC]3 (Jun); lamorrimo [1440CD]1 (May); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]4 (Dec); Fingoe (Tete) [1531BBf (Sept); 48 km north of Tete [1533DCt (Mar); Chinga [1538BA]1 (May); Alto Ligonha [1538CB]5 (May); Lumbo [1540BA]3 (Aug); Lumbo [1540BA]6 (Aug); Tete [1633BA]4 (Mar); Bandar [1634CAt (Aug); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC]1 (Jan, 2); Marracua [1636DD]1 (Jan); Nicuadala [1736DB]6 (May); Muriela [1736DA]6 (Jul); ManIa [1737BB]6 (Jul); Mopeia [1835BB]6 (Jan); Messenguza [1836CA]6 (Jul,2).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (19), FMNH (1), TM (6), USNM (4), Wales (1).

Notes: ILabelled L. t. albigularis Neumann.

2Labelled nominate L. torquatus.

3Labelled L. t. zombae (Shelley).

4Labelled L. t. lucidiventris Clancey.

5Labelled L. t. vivacens Clancey.

6Not ascribed to a subspecies.

Taxonomy: L. t. zombae occurs in southern Malawi south of

13° 30' S with L. t. lucidiventris to the north (Dowsett-Lemaire

& Dowsett 2006). Presumably the distribution in adjacent northern Mozambique follows this pattern.

Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus (Peters)

Collection localities: Mo~imboa da Praia [1140AD] (type locality), no date; Namapa [1339DB] (Jun, 2); Mirrote [1339DC] (Jun, 3); Netia [1440CA] (Jun); Rio Monapo [1540BA] (May).

Specimens: BMNH (6), USNM (1).

Taxonomy: L. melanopterus. Considered to be polytypic

by White (1965) with four subspecies, but now generally considered monotypic (Fry et al. 1988; Dickinson 2003;

Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).The type locality of

L. melanopterus is given as "Mo~imboa" in Peters (1854,

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Ber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin: 134) but there are at least

three places commonly known as Mo~imboa (without qualification) in Mozambique. According to the map in Bauer

et al. (1995) Peters collected at Mo~imboa da Praia at 11 ° 21 '

S, 40° 21' E. He did not, apparently, collect at Mo~imboa da Rovuma (11 ° 19' S, 39° 19' E) or Mo~imboa (14° 34' S, 40° 40' E). The type locality of L. melanopterus should be more

correctly written as Mo~imboa da Praia.

Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii Banzani

Collection localities: Muite [1440AD] (Jul, 2; Oct); Kanyemba [1530CB] (Jul); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB] (Nov, 2); Massinguesi [1531CA] (Aug, 4); Tete [1633BA] (Mar, 2); Nicuadala [1736DB] (Aug); Mopeia [lS35BB] (Oct). Specimens: AMNH (3), BMNH (S), ELM (1), TM (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Family Bucerotidae

Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus (Temminck)

Collection localities: Massinguesi [1531CA] (Aug, 6; Sept); Tete [1633BA] (Jul); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB] (Aug, 2); Messenguza [lS36CA] (Jul). Specimens: BMNH (10), TM (1).

Notes: All labelled T. e. rufirostris (Sundevall).

Taxonomy: T e. degens Clancey (placed in synonymy with rufirostris by Dickinson, 2003), occurs in southern Malawi,

and is likely to occur in northern Mozambique. Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas

(Lichtenstein)

Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB] (Oct; Nov); Chicoa [1532CB] (Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB] (Sept); Bandar [1634CA] (Aug); Zambesi River mouth [lS36CC] (no date )1.

Specimens: BMNH (4), ROM (1), TM (1). Notes: lLabelled nominate.

Taxonomy: T I. parvior Clancey is the form in southern

Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and most likely in northern Mozambique. Fry et al. (19SS) consider the species

monotypic, whereas Dickinson (2003) considers it poly typic, and places parvior in synonymy with nominate leucomelas.

Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus (Biittikofer)

Collection localities: Mungusi [1335CB]2 (Jan; Jun); Namapa [1339DB]1 (Jun); near Cuamba [1436DC]1 (May); Ribaue, 32 km west [143SCC]1 (May); Chicoa [l532CB]1 (Oct, 3); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Sept); Chipanga [1735AD]1 (Apr); Mania [1737BB]2 (Jul). Specimens: BMNH (S), TM (3).

Notes: 1Labelled T a. suahelicus (Neumann).

2Not ascribed to a subspecies.

Taxonomy: T a. suahelicus occurs in southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett) and is almost certainly the form that occurs in northern Mozambique.

African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Mtogwe Mt [1436DC] (May, 3); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB] (Nov); Massamba [1533DA] (Mar). Specimens: BMNH (4).

Taxonomy: T n. epirhinus (Sundevall).

Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator (Temminck)

Collection localities: Confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB] (Sept); Melinda (Nhamalinda?) [1635DB] (Mar, 2); Chipanga [1735AD] (Apr); Buruma's Village [1736DB] (Oct); Mania [1737BB]1 (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (6), DNSM (1), TM (6). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis Friedmann

Collection localities: Rio Chire [1735CB] (Feb; Mar). Specimens: BMNH (2).

Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Bucorvidae

Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri (Vigors)

Collection localities: Quelimane [lS36BB] (Mar). Specimens: Hancock Museum (1).

Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Upupidae

African Hoopoe Upupa africana Bechstein

Collection localities: Mamboia [1l35BD] (Mar); Namapa [1339DB] (Jun); Lurio [1340CB] (Jun); Cazu1a [1533BC] (Mar); Tete [1633BA] (Mar).

Specimens: BMNH (5). Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Phoeniculidae

Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus (Miller)

Collection localities: Ribaue, 32 km west [143SCC]1 (May); Netia [1440CA]1 (May); Massinguesi [1531CA]1 (Aug); Tete [1633BA]1 (Mar); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Sept, 2); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]2 (Sept); Nicuadala [1736DB]2 (Mar, 2). Specimens: BMNH (6), DNSM (1), TM (2).

Notes: lLabelled P p. marwitzi (Reichenow).

2Not ascribed to subspecies. Taxonomy: P p. marwitzi.

Family Rhinopomastidae

Common ScimitarbiU Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi

Neumann

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]1 (Jun); Lurio [1340CB]1 (Jun, 2); Massinguesi [1531CA]1 (Aug); Cazula [1533BC]1 (Mar, 2); Nhauela [1537ADf (Jul); Tete [1633BA]1 (Aug, 2); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Aug); SO km south-east of Milange [1636AC] I (Jan); Marracua

[1636DD]1 (Jan); Namagoa [1636DD]2 (Aug); Vila de Sena [1735AC]1 (Jul); Nicuadala [1736DB]2 (Jun); Messenguza [lS36CA]2 (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (11), TM (4), USNM (1). Notes: lLabelled R. c. schalowi Neumann.

Taxonomy: R. c. schalowi apparently occurs throughout

northern Mozambique, north of the range of nominate R. cyanomelas Vieillot in southern Mozambique. See

Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett (2006) for distribution of R.c. schalowi

in Malawi.

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Family Trogonidae

Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina (Stephens)

Collection localities: M'Gube [locality not found, but near 1439AB], (Oct); 48

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north of Tete [1533DC] (Mar, 2); 16 kIn south-west of Z6bue [1534CB] (Apr).

Specimens: BMNH (3). Taxonomy: A. n. narina.

Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum (Shelley)

Collection localities: Namuli Mt [1539BA] (Jul; Aug, 3). Specimens: BMNH (4).

Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Coraciidae

European Roller Coracias garrulus (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Marracua [l636DD] (Jan); Mocuba [1636DD] (Feb)

Taxonomy: Uncertain. Both nominate and C. g. semenowi

Loudon & Tschudi occur in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and are likely to occur in northern

Mozambique. .

Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus Linnaeus

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]1 (Jun); Mirrote [1339DC]1 (Jun, 2); Mtogwe Mt [1436DC]1 (May, 2); Zumbue [1530BBf (Sept); Massinguesi [153ICA]1 (Aug, 4); Tete [1633BA] 1 (Mar, 8; Aug; Sept); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Sept, 4); Bandar [1634CA]1 (Aug); Charre [1735CA]1 (Feb); Messenguza [1836CAf (Jul, 2). Specimens: BMNH (22), Cambridge (I), ROM (I), TM (3), USNM (1).

Notes: lLabelled nominate C. caudatus.

2Not ascribed to subspecies. Taxonomy: C. c. caudatus.

Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus Trimen

Collection localities: Ribaue, 32

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west [1438CC] (May); Chiuta [1533CB] (Sept);

64 km south of Furancungo [1533DA] (Mar); Ngamwe [1636BC] (Jul); Namagoa [1636DD] (Aug); Quelimane [1 736DD] (Nov).

Specimens: BMNH (2), TM (3), l!SNM (I). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Purple Roller Coracias naevius Daudin

Collection localities: Cachomba [153lBB] (Sept, 2); Tete (junction of Luenha and Mazoe Rivers) [1633CB] (Aug). Specimens: BMNH (3).

Taxonomy: C. n. mosambicus Dresser.

Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus (Milller)

Collection localities: Nanga [1340DA]3 (Mar); Bandi River [1433DD]1 (Nov); Mecuburi [l438DB]3 (Oct); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]2 (Nov, 2); Cachomba [153IBB]2 (Oct); Chico a [1532CB]2 (Oct,2); 80

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south-east of Milange [I636AC]2 (Jan); Namachita [1736DB]4 (Sept,2); Buruma's Village [1736DB]4 (Oct); Quelimane [1836BB]1 (Feb).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (6), Cambridge (1), TM (4),

2MB (1).

Notes: lLabelled E. g. suahelicus Neumann.

2Labelled E. g. pulcherrimus Neumann. This taxon is placed

in synonymy with suahelicus by White (1965) and Fry et al.

(1988), but is recognised by Dickinson (2003). 3Labelled E. g. afer (Latham), a form that is extralimital

(Dickinson 2003).

Taxonomy: Both E. g. suahelicus and nominate E. glaucurus

occur in southern Malawi, the latter form on passage (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Family Alcedinidae

Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata Swainson

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD] (Nov); Dondo [1934DA]1 (May).

Specimens: Cambridge (I). Taxonomy: A. s. tephria Clancey

Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata Pallas

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]1 (Jun); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]1 (Nov); Massinguesi [153ICA]1 (Aug); Charre [1735CA]1 (Feb); Mopeia [1835BBf (Dec); Messenguza [1836CAf (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (3), Cambridge (I), TM (2). Notes: lLabelled nominate.

2N.ot.ascribed to subspecies. Taxonomy: A. c. cristata.

African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta (Boddaert)

Collection localities: Bandi River [l433DD] (Dec); Panhame [1530DA] (Jan).

Specimens: BMNH (1), Cambridge (I). Ta.xonomy: 1. p. natalensis (A. Smith).

Family Dacelonidae

Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala pallidiventris

Cabanis

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD] (Oct, 2); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB] (Dec); Cazula [1533BC] (Mar); 48

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north of Tere [1533DC] (Mar); Rio Monapo [1540BA] (May); Marracua [1636DD] (Jan); Mopeia [1835BB] (Jan). Breeding records: eggs, Ruo River [1635CA], March, A.B. Percival.

Specimens: BMNH (5), Cambridge (2), TM (I), USNM (I). Taxonomy: H I. pallidiventris Cabanis.

Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris (Scopoli)

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]1 (Jun, 2); Mirrote [1339DC]1 (Jun); Bene Posto [1432DD]1 (Sept); Bandi River [1433DD]1 (Oct, 2); Mtogwe Mt [1436DC]1 (May); Lurio [1438BA]3 (May); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]2 (Nov); Massinguesi [153ICA]1 (Aug); Chicoa [l532CB]1 (Oct); 16

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south-west ofZ6bue [1534CB]1 (Apr); Nhauela [1537AD] 1 (Jul); Bururna's Village [1 736DB]4 (Oct); Nicuadala [1736DB]4 (Jul).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (11), Cambridge (2), TM (2), USNM (1).

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Notes: ILabelled H. a. orientalis Peters.

2Labelled H. a. vociferans Clancey.

3Labelled nominate. 4Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: H. a. orientalis has been recorded in southern

Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and is the form most likely to occur in northern Mozambique.

Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti (Stanley)

Collection localities: Mungusi [1335CBt (Jun); Namapa [1339DB]1 (lun); L\irio [1340CB] (lun); Netia [1440CA]1 (Jun, 2); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]1 (Sept); Marracua [1636DD]1 (Jan, 2); Vila de Sena [1735ACr (Jul); Vila de Sena [1735AC]' (Jul); Licuare river (Nicuadala) [1736DA]1 (Jun); Muriela [1736DA]4 (lun); Nicuadala [1736DB]4 (May).

Specimens: BMNH (9), FMNH (1), TM (3). Notes: ILabelled nominate.

2Labelled H. c. damarensis Strickland. 3Labelled H. c. hylobia Grote.

Taxonomy: H. c. chelicuti has been recorded in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and is the form most likely to occur in northern Mozambique. Family Cerylidae

Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maximus (Pallas)

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD]2 (Nov); Massinguesi [1531CA]1 (Sept, 2); Chinde [1836AD]1 (Sept, 2); Quelimane [1836BB]1 (Mar, 2).

Specimens: BMNH (4), Cambridge (1), Museum Bern (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Bene Posto [1432DD] (Sept); Cachomba [153lBB] (Sept); Massinguesi [1531CA] (Sept); Tete [1633BA] .(Mar); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]

(Aug; Sept); Charre [1735CA] (Feb).

Specimens: BMNH (5), Cambridge (\), USNM (1). Taxonomy: C. r. rudis.

Family Meropidae

White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides A. Smith Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB] (lun); Tambue (Tete) [1432DD] (Sept); Bene Posto [1432DD] (Sept); Bandi River [1433DD] (Apr); Massinguesi [1531CA] (Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB] (Mar); Ancuaze [1634DC] (Aug, 4); Vila de Sena [1735AC] (Jul, 4). Specimens: BMNH (11), Cambridge (1), TM (1), USNM (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Statius Miiller

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]', (Jun); Mirrote [1339DC]', (Jun); Mucanha River [1431 CD]I, (Sept); Bene Posto [1432DD]I, (Sept); Tambue (Tete) [1432DD]3, (Sept); Lake Amaramba [1435BD]I, (May); Namialo [1439DD]2, (Sept); Cachomba [1531BB]', (Sept); Chinga [1538BA]', (May); Tete [1633BA]', (Mar, 2; Aug, 2); confluence ofLuenha

and Mazoe rivers [1633CBr, (Sept); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC]', (Jan); Marracua [1636DD]I, (Jan); Mucanha [1637AA]3, (Sept); Chemba [1734BB]', (Jul); Chipanga [1735ADJI, (Jul, 4); Charre [1735CA] I , (Feb); Nicuadala [1736DB]3, (May); Mopeia [1835BB]3, (Dec); Messenguza [1836CAP, (Jul, 2).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (14), Cambridge (1), TM (6), USNM (4).

Notes: ILabelled M. p. meridionalis (Sharpe).

2Labelled nominate M. pusillus.

Taxonomy: M. p. meridionalis.

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Lichtenstein Collection localities: Mtogwe Mt [1436DC], (May); Ribaue, 32 km west [1438CC], (May); Nacaroa [1439BD], (Oct); Namialo [1439DD], (Sept); Namialo [1439DD], (Sept); Cabeceiro [1440DA]I, (no date); Fingoe (Tete) [1531BB], (Sept); Cazula [1533BC], (Mar); Cazula [1533BC], (Mar); Sicito [1534CA]I, (Jul); Lumbo [1540BA]2, (Aug); Tete [1633BA], (Aug); Tete [1633BA]', (Aug); Tete [1633BA], (Aug); Namagoa [1636DD]I, (Aug); Mopeia [1835BB]I, (Jan). Specimens: AMNH (3), BMNH (5), FMNH (1), Liverpool (1), TM (5), USNM (2).

Notes: INot ascribed to subspecies. 2Labelled M. h. strenuus Clancey.

Taxonomy: M. h.fitrcatus occurs in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett apd is most likely the form in northern Mozambique. M. h. strenuus is placed in synonymy with nominate M. hirundineus by White (1965) and Dickinson (2003), but placed in synonymy with M. h. furcatus (Stanley)

by Irwin & Benson (1966).

Bohm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi Reichenow

Collection localities: Lurio [1438BA]I, (May, 2); Ancuaze [1634DC]2, (Aug); Charre [1735CA]2, (Feb); Mopeia [1835BBf, (Jan, 6).

Specimens: AMNH (2), BMNH (1), Cambridge (1), TM (6). Notes: ILabelled (incorrectly) M. albicollis Vieillot, extralimital

to northern Mozambique. Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Pallas Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov, 6); Panhame [1530DA], (Nov); Tete [1633BA], (Mar); Charre [1735CA], (Mar); Rio Chire [1735CB], (Feb). Specimens: BMNH (9), Cambridge (1).

Taxonomy: M p. persicus.

Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus Linnaeus Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB], (lun, 3); Mecuburi [1438DB], (Sept, 2; Oct); Nacaroa [1439BD], (Oct); Mossuril [1440DC], (Aug, 2); Lumbo [1 540BA], (May); Tete [1633BA], (Oct).

Specimens: AMNH (4), BMNH (3), Cambridge (1), Liverpool (2), USNM (2).

Taxonomy: M. s. superciliosus.

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European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Linnaeus

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Dec); Vila Coutinho [1434CB], (Mar); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Oct); 48 km north of Tete [1533DC], (Mar, 2); Liciro [1636AC], (Jan); 80 km south-east ofMilange [1636AC], (Jan); Tacuane [1636BC], (Jan).

Specimens: BMNH (7), Cambridge (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides Des Murs

and Pucheran

-Collection localities: Bene Posto [1432DD], (Sept); Tambue (Tete) [1432DD], (Sept); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Oct); Bandar [1634CA], (Aug, 2); Ruo River [1635CA], (Aug); Vila de Sena [1735AC], (Jul); Charre [1735CA], (Mar); Luabo [1836AC], (Sept, 5); Chinde [1836AD], (Sept). Specimens: BMNH (10), Cambridge (1), TM (1), USNM (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Family Coliidae

Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Gmelin

Collection localities: 40 km north-east of Furancungo [1433DAr, (Mar, 2); Braganca (5 km south ofTete) [1434ADf, (Oct, 2); Bandar [1634CA]3, (Aug, 2); Nicuadala [1736DB]5, (Jun); Mixixine [1737CA]5, (April); Quelimane [1836BB]I, (Mar); Quelimane [1836BB]4, (Jan).

Specimens: BMNH (4), SMNS (1), TM (2), USNM (2),

2MB (I).

Notes: ILabelled C. s. affinis Shelley.

2Labelled C. s. congicus Reichenow.

3Labelled C. s. minor Cabanis.

4Labelled C. s. integralis Clancey.

Taxonomy: C. s. integralis occurs in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and is probably the only subspecies in northern Mozambique north of the Zambezi River. White (1965) and Dickinson (2003), however, consider C. s. affinis

to be the form in northern Mozambique. It seems likely that the ranges of affinis and integralis overlap along the lower

Zambezi River. The available material needs careful examination to resolve this situation. Neither C. s. congicus

(mainly in Angola, DRC, Zambia and Tanzania) nor C. s.

minor (mainly South Africa) are likely to occur in northern

Mozambique.

Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus (Latham)

Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB]I, (Jun, 5; Jul); Mossuril [1440DC]I, (May, 2); Mossuril [1440DCP, (Aug); Chico a, 22 km east-south-east [1532CBf, (Aug, 2); Lumbo [1540BA]I, (Jul); Tete [1633BA]2, (May) [type locality of U. indicus mossambicus (Reichenow, 1896)]; Messenguza [1836CA]3,

(Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (8), FMNH (1), Liverpool (1), TM (1), USNM (2), 2MB (1, the type of U. indicus mossambicus,

Mus. no. 2MB 60.2, collected 14 May (no year) by W.C.H. Peters).

Notes: ILabelled U. i. pallidus (Reichenow).

2Labelled U. i. mossambicus Reichenow.

Taxonomy: U. i. pallidus occurs in southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire &, Dowsett 2006) and is perhaps the only subspecies in northern Mozambique north of the Zambezi River. The occurrence of U. i. mossambicus is not unlikely.

Family Cuculidae

Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert)

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Feb); 12 km south of Vila Coutinho [1434CB], (Mar); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov, 2); Ruo River [1635CA], (Mar). Specimens: BMNH (5).

Taxonomy: c.j. serratus (Sparrman).

Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii (Swainson)

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Nov); 12 km south of Vila Coutinho [1434CB], (Mar); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov); 16 km south-west of Z6bue [1534CB], (April); Ruo River [1635CA], (Mar).

Specimens: BMNH (5). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Stephens

Collection localities: Mative [1631AB], (Nov); Quelimane [1836BB], (Mar).

Specimens: TM (1), 2MB (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Linnaeus

Collection localities: Panhame [1530DA], (Nov). Specimens: BMNH (1).

Notes: Specimen not identified to subspecies. Taxonomy: Nominate C. canorus occurs in southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and probably in northern Mozambique. C. c. subtelephonus Zarudny has been collected

further south in Mozambique (Clancey 1971) and quite possibly could occur in northern Mozambique, if only on passage. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Stephens

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Feb; Nov). Specimens: Cambridge (2).

Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens)

Collection localities: Tete [1633BA], (Mar); Bumma's Village [1736DB], (Oct); Mania [1737BB], (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (1), TM (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Diderick Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert)

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Oct, 2); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov); Panhame [1530DA], (Jan; Nov); Chicoa [1532CB], (Oct).

Specimens: BMNH (4), Cambridge (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot)

Collection localities: Mecuburi [l438DB] I, (Sept; Oct); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan).

Specimens: AMNH (2), TM (1).

Notes: ILabelled nominate C. aereus (Vieillot).

Taxonomy: C. a. australis Sharpe.

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Family Centropodidae

Black Coucal Centropus grillii Hartlaub

CoUection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Jan); Quelimane [1836BB], (Mar).

Specimens: BMNH (1), 2MB (1). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Lumbo [1540BA], (Jul); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan, 2).

Specimens: FMNH (1), TM (2). Taxonomy: C. s. jlecki Reichenow.

White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus Hemprich

& Ehrenberg

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB], (Jun, 2); Lurio [1340CB], (Jun, 2); Lalaua [1438AD], (May); Cabeceiro [1440DA], (no date); Mossuril [1440DC], (May); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov); Cachomba [153IBB], (Oct); Chico a [1532CB], (Oct); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 2); 80 krn south-east of Milange [1636AC], (Jan); Quelimane [1836BB], (Mar) [type locality of C. s.fasciipygialis].

Specimens: AMNH (I), BMNH (11), Liverpool (1), 2MB (1).

Taxonomy: C. s.fasciipygialis Reichenow.

Family Psittacidae

Grey-headed Parrot Poicephalus juscicollis Kuhl

Collection localities: Muite [1440AD], (Jul); Mopeia [1835BB]', (Jan).

Specimens: AMNH (1), TM (1).

Notes: 'Specimen labelled Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus

(Gmelin). The recent species split, separating Cape and Grey-headed Parrots (Clancey 1997; Wirminghaus et al. 2002)

shows that Cape Parrots are endemic to southern Africa (Hockey

et al. 2005), and do not occur in northern Mozambique.

Taxonomy: Pf suahelicus Reichenow.

Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri (Cretzchmar)

Collection localities: Massinguesi [1531 CA], (Aug, 2); Chicoa [1532CB]', (Aug, 2); 48 krn north of Tete [1533DC], (Mar); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 4); Tete [1633BA]', (Jan). Specimens: BMNH (7), MCZ, Harvard (1), TM (2). Taxonomy: 'Not ascribed to subspecies. All others are labelled

P m. transvaalensis Neumann, but all the collected specimens

are most likely to be P. m. matschiei Neumann.

Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus (Peters)

Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]', (Jun, 2); Lurio [1340CB]', (Jun, 2); Malema, 24 krn west [1438CC]', (May, 3); Namialo [1439DD]', (Jul, 2); Netia [1440CA]1, (Jun); Lumbo [1540BA]2, (Jul, 2); Marracua [1636DD]', (Jan); Namagoa [1636DD]2, (Aug); Nicuadala [1736DB]2, (Jun); Quelimane [1836BB]2, (Feb).

Specimens: AMNH (2), BMNH (9), MCZ, Harvard (2), TM (2), 2MB (1).

Notes: 'Labelled nominate (which occurs in S Mozambique). 2Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: P c. tanganyikae Bowen.

Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae Shelley

Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov, 3); Panhame [1530DA], (Nov); Cachomba [153lBB], (Oct, 2); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul, 2).

Specimens: BMNH (6), TM (2). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Family Apodidae

Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri (Sharpe)

Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov). Specimens: BMNH (1).

Taxonomy: T. u. benguellensis (Neumann).

Bohm's Spinetail Neajrapus boehmi (Schalow)

Collection localities: Lalaua [1438AD]', (Jun); Necutuxi [1439BC]', (Jun); Lima [1439CBP, (Oct); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]2, (Aug).

Specimens: AMNH (3), BMNH (1). Notes: 'Labelled N. a. anchietae (Sousa).

Taxonomy: N. b. sheppardi (Roberts).

African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus (Lichtenstein)

Collection localities: Vila de Sena [1735AC], (Jul, 2). Specimens: BMNH (2).

Taxonomy: C. p. myochrous (Reichenow).

Common Swift Apus apus (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan). Specimens: TM (1).

Notes: Not identified to subspecies.

Taxonomy: A. a. apus occurs in southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006). A. a. pekinensis (Swinhoe) has

been collected in South Africa and Namibia (specimens in ZFMK, Bonn and DNSM) and may occur in northern Mozambique, if only on passage.

Little Swift Apus ajfinis Gray

Collection localities: Ribaue [1438CC]', (Apr; no date, 2); Nacaroa [1439BD]2, (Oct, 2).

Specimens: AMNH (5). Notes: 'Labelled A. a. barbatus.

'Labelled nominate.

Taxonomy: A. a. aerobates Brooke.

White-romped Swift Apus caffer (Lichtenstein)

Collection localities: Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan). Specimens: TM (1 ).

Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Musophagidae

Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii (G.R. Gray)

Collection localities: Namialo [1439DD], (Jul); Muite [1440AD], (Sept); Monapo [1440CD], (Jul); Ngamwe [1636BC], (Jul; Aug); Namagoa [1636DD], (Aug). Specimens: AMNH (3), TM (3).

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Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus (Vigors) Collection localities: Mungusi [133 5CB]', (Jul); Mirrote [1339DC], (Jun); Malema, 24 km west [1438CC], (May); Ribaue, 32 km west [1438CC], (May); Cachomba [153lBB], (Oct, 2); 48 km north of Tete [1533DC], (Mar); near Zobue [1 534CB], (April); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB], (Aug, 2); Tacuane [1636BC], (Jan, 2); Marracua [1636DD], (Jan); Nicuadala [1736DB]', (Jun); ManIa [1737BB]', (Jul); Nhamacurra [1737CA]', (May); Quelimane [1836BB]', (Feb); Igogo[l836CB], (Mar).

Specimens: BMNH (13), TM (4), 2MB (1). Notes: 'Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: G. p. chlorochlamys Shelley occurs in southern

Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and is probably the form in northern Mozambique. Clancey ( 1971) considers that specimens from the Tete district and lower Zambezi river (south of most of the above localities) may be intermediate between nominate porphyreolophus and chlorochlamys.

Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor (A. Smith) Collection localities: Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 4); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB], (Aug); Bandar [1634CA], (Aug); Charre [1735CA], (Feb, 2); Messenguza [1836CA]', (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (6), Cambridge (1), TM (2). Notes: 'Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: C. c. molybdophanes Clancey.

Family Tytonidae

Barn Owl Tyto alba (Billberg)

Collection localities: Muite [1440AD]', (Feb); Tete [1633BA], (Mar).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (1).

Notes: 'Specimen labelled nominate T. alba.

Taxonomy: T. a. poensis (Fraser). See Bruce & Dowsett (2004) for the use of this specific name.

African Grass-Owl Tyto capensis(A. Smith)

Collection localities: Bandi River [1433DD], (Jan). Specimens: Cambridge (1),

Taxonomy: T c. capensis.

Family Strigidae

African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis (Swainson) Collection localities: Namachita [1736DB], (Mar; Sept). Specimens: TM (2).

Taxonomy: 0. s. senegalensis.

Southern White-faced Scops-Owl Ptilopsis granti (KoUibay) Collection localities: Monapo [1440CD], (Aug, 2); Chicoa [1532CB], (Sept, 2; Oct).

Specimens: AMNH (2), BMNH (3). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus (Temminck)

Collection localities: Lalaua [1438AD], (May); Namialo [1439DD], (Aug; Sept; Oct); Muite [1440AD], (Jul); Lumbo

[1540BA], (April); Nicuadala [1736DB], (Jun); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jun). Specimens: AMNH (5), MCZ, Harvard (1), TM (3). Taxonomy: B. a. africanus.

Pel's Fishing-Owl Scotopelia peli Bonaparte

Collection localities: Cachomba [1531 BB], (Oct). Specimens: BMNH (1).

African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii A. Smith

Collection localities: Ruo River [1635CA], (Nov); Nicuadala [1736DB], (Jun); Quelimane [1836BB], (Sept). Specimens: BMNH (2), TM (1).

Taxonomy: S. w. woodfordi.

Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum (Vieillot) Collection localities: Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Nov, 2); Cachomba [153lBB], (Oct); Chico a [1532CB], (Sept); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 2); Tete [1633BA], (Jan, 2). Specimens: BMNH (6), MCZ, Harvard (2).

Taxonomy: G. p. diurnam Clancey occurs in southern Malawi

(Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and likely to be the only subspecies in northern Mozambique. G. p. diurnam placed in

synonymy with G. p. licua (Lichtenstein) by Dickinson (2003).

African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense (A. Smith) Collection localities: Ribaue, 32 km west [1438CC], (May); Mecuburi [1438DB], (Oct, 2); Muite [1440AD], (Jun; Oct); Zumbue [l530BB], (Jul); Massinguesi [1531CA], (Aug); Chicoa [1532CB], (Oct); Zambezi [1635AA], (Mar); Ngamwe [1636BC], (Jul); Namagoa [1636DD], (Mar); Mpimba [l736DA], (Jul); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan, 2).

Specimens: AMNH (4), BMNH (4), TM (6). Taxonomy: G. c. capense.

Family Caprimulgidae

Fiery-necked Night jar Caprimulgus pectoralis Cuvier Collection localities: Lake Amaramba [1435BD], (May); Zumbue [1530BB], (Sept); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC], (Jan); ManIa [1737BB], (Jul); Chinde [1836AD], (Sept).

Specimens: BMNH (3), TM (1), USNM (1). Taxonomy: C. p. fervidus Sharpe.

Freckled Night jar Caprimulgus tristigma Riippell

Collection localities: Vila Vasco Da Gama [1432CC], (Sept). Specimens: USNM (1).

Taxonomy: Specimen labelled C. t. lentiginosus A. Smith, but more likely to be C. t. granosus Clancey, the form that

occurs in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Square-tailed Night jar Caprimulgus fossii Hartlaub Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]', (Jun); Lurio [1340CB]', (Jun, 4); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]', (Dec); Cachomba [153lBB]', (Sept); Cachomba [153lBB]', (Sept, 2); Massinguesi [1531CA]', (Aug); Chicoa [l532CB]', (Sept);

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Lumbo [1 540BA]2, (Jun); Tete [1 633BA] I, (Mar, 3); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB]l, (Aug, 2); Ruo River [1635CA]l, (Aug); 80 km south-east of Milange [1 636AC]l, (Jan, 2); Mocuba [1636DD]l, (Jan, 2); Vila de Sena [1735AC]l, (Jul, 2); Mpimba [1736DA], (Jul); Malinguine [1737CA], (April); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jan, 3; May); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (23), FMNH (1), TM (7). Notes: lLabelled C.f welwitschii Bocage. 2Labelled C.

f

mossambicus Peters. 3Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: C.

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welwitschii occurs in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and is the most likely subspecies to be present in northern Mozambique. According to Clancey (1971) C.

f

mossambicus is the common resident night jar, occurring throughout Mozambique. This taxon is not recognised by Dickinson (2003). It was placed in synonymy with nominate fossii by White (1965).

European Night jar Caprimulgus europaeus Linnaeus Collection localities: Mamboia [1135BD], (Mar). Specimens: BMNH (1).

Taxonomy: Uncertain. C. e. europaeus, C. e. unwini and C.

e. plumipes may all occur following their distributions in

southern Malawi and Zimbabwe (Jackson 1975; Benson & Benson 1977; Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006). Pennant-winged Night jar Macrodipteryx vexillarius (Gould) Collection localities: Mamboia [1 135BD], (Mar, 3); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB], (Oct; Nov, 2); Panhame [1530DA], (Nov); Mocuba [1636DD], (Jan).

Specimens: BMNH (8). Taxonomy: Monotypic. Family Columbidae

African Olive-Pigeon Columba arquatrix Temminck Collection localities: Serra Jeci [1235CC], (Aug). Specimens: BMNH (1).

Taxonomy: C. a. arquatrix.

Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata (Temminck)

Collection localities: Chinde [1836AD], (Feb). Specimens: TM (1).

Taxonomy: A. l. larvata.

Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis Linnaeus Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB], (Jun); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 2; Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB], (Aug; Sept); Bandar [1634CA], (Aug); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul).

Specimens: BMNH (7), TM (1). Taxonomy: S. s. senegalensis.

African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens (Hartlaub and Finsch)

Collection localities: Msussa, Zambezi river [153IDA], (Jul); Tete [1633BA], (Mar, 2); Messenguza [1836CA], (Jul). Specimens: BMNH (2), PMNH (1), TM (1).

Taxonomy: S. d. ambigua (Bocage).

Cape Turtle-Dove Streptopelia capicola (Sundevall) Collection localities: Lurio [1340CB]l, (Jul); Malema, 24 km west [1438CC]2, (May); MecubUri [1438DB]3, (Oct); Cachomba [1531BB]l, (Sept); Cazula [1533BC]2, (Mar); Tete [1633BA]2, (Mar); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [l633CB]2, (Sept); Nicuadala [1736DBt, (May); Quelimane [1836BB]l, (Mar).

Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (6), TM (1), 2MB (1). Notes: lLabelled S. c. tropica (Reichenow, 1902). 2Labelled S. c. damarensis (Hartlaub and Finsch, 1870) intergrading to tropica.

3Labelled nominate Streptopelia capicola. 4Not ascribed to subspecies.

Taxonomy: S. c. tropica is the form that occurs in Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006), and is most likely the subspecies that occurs in northern Mozambique. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata (Riippell) Collection localities: MecubUri [1438DB], (Oct; Nov); Necutuxi [1439BC], (Jun); Mesa [1440DA], (Nov); Chicoa [1532CB], (Sept; Oct); Z6bue [1534CB], (April); Nhauela [1537AD], (Jul); Namuli Mt [1539BA], (Aug); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CB], (Sept); Marracua [1636DD], (Jan); Muriela [1736DA], (Jul); Muriela [1736DA], (Jul); Nicuadala [1736DB], (May).

Specimens: AMNH (4), BMNH (7), TM (3). Taxonomy: Monotypic.

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos (Wagler) Collection localities: Namapa [1339DB]l, (Jun); Malema, 24 km west [1438CC]l, (May); Ribaue, 32 km west [1438CCP, (May); MecubUri [1438DB]l, (Sept); Netia [1440CAf, (Jun, 2); Vila do Zumbo [1530CB]l, (Jan); Cazula [1533BC]I, (Mar); Tete [1633BAP, (Mar, 2); confluence of Luenha and Mazoe rivers [1633CBP, (Sept, 2); 80 km south-east of Milange [1636AC]I, (Jan); Tacuane [1636BC]l, (Jan); Nicuadala [1736DB]2, (May); Mopeia [1835BB]2, (Sept). Specimens: AMNH (1), BMNH (13), TM (2). Notes: lLabelled nominate T chalcospilos.

Taxonomy: T c. zambesiensis Roberts is the form that occurs in southern Malawi (Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006) and probably in northern Mozambique.

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer (Linnaeus)

Collection localities: Netia [1440CA], (May); Netia [1440CA], (May); lIe [1637AA], (Feb); Mopeia [1835BB], (Aug). Specimens: BMNH (3), TM (1).

Notes: Labelled T a. kilimensis (Mearns), but species now generally considered monotypic (Dickinson 2003, Dowsett-Lemaire & Dowsett 2006).

Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria (Temminck) Collection localities: Muite [1440AD], (Sept, 2; Oct, 3); Mopeia [1835BB], (Jul).