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Compiled by WRJ Dean and MSL Mills

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This list consists of four sections:

1. Ornithological publications specific to Angola

2. Ornithological publications of peripheral interest to Angola, but still relevant

3. Angolan publications on other animal taxa

4. Other publications on Angola, including general biodiversity and conservation

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ORNITHOLOGICAL/BIRD: SPECIFIC TO ANGOLA

BANNERMAN DA. 1937. Eremomela scotops angolensis subsp. nov. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 57:111-118 [type description]

BANNERMAN DA. 1939. A new Bush-Shrike from Angola. Ibis 14(3):746-750 [type description of Braun's Bush-Shrike]

BEEL C. 1992. Species new to the Angolan list. Zambian Ornithological Society Newsletter 22:2-2 [lists species seen in Zambia near the Angolan border, not on the Angolan list, including Slaty Egret, Shelley's Sunbird and Lesser Spotted Eagle]

BOULTON R. 1934. New birds from Angola. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 47:45-48 [type descriptions of Margaret's Batis from Mount Moco and bodalyae subspecies of Helmeted Guineafowl]

BOWEN WW. 1931. Angolan birds collected during the Gray African expedition - 1929. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 83:263-299 [includes only record of Bittern, type descriptions of quanzae subspecies of Rufous-cheeked Nightjar, camacupae subspecies of Cardinal Woodpecker and stonei subspecies of Stonechat; also mention of juv Lemon Dove]

BRAUN R. 1930. Beiträge zur biologie der vögel von Angola. Journal für Ornithologie 78:47-49 []

BRAUN R. 1934. Biologische notizen über einige vögel Nord-Angolas. Journal für Ornithologie 82:553-560 []

BRAUN RH. 1956. Beitrag zur biologie von Xenocopsychus ansorgei Hartert. Jurnal fur Ornithologie 97:41-43 [note on Angola Cave Chat]

BROOKE RK. 1970. The White-headed Barbet in Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 90:161- 162 []

BROOKE RK. 1978. Sea and coastal birds collected in Angola by H. Skoog in 1912. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 98:31-32 []

BROOKE RK. 1981. The seabirds of the Moçâmedes Province, Angola. Gerfaut 71:209-225 [list of species from various sources]

BROOKE RK, CANNELL IC and JEFFERY RD. 1971. New distributional records of raptors in western Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 91:165-167 [includes Verreaux's Eagle]

BROOKE RK and JEFFERY RD. 1972. Breeding of Gypohierax angolensis in western Angola in 1972. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92:142-142 []

BROOKE RK and JEFFERY RD. 1972. Observations on the biology of Gypohierax angolensis in western Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 92:15-21 []

BÜTTIKOFER J. 1888. On birds from the Congo and south western Africa. Notes from the Leyden Museum 10:209-244 [notes on van der Kellen's collections, including Angola, 1885-6]

BÜTTIKOFER J. 1889. On a new collection of birds from south western Africa. Notes from the Leyden Museum 11:65-79 [notes on van der Kellen's collection from the Humpata area, 103 species]

BÜTTIKOFER J. 1889. Third list of birds from south western Africa. Notes from the Leyden Museum 11:193-200 [15 additional species from van der Kellen]

CANNELL IC. 1968. Notes from Angola. Ostrich 39:264-265 [notes of 5 common species, including Red-throated Cliff Swallow]

CLANCEY PA. 1972. Miscellaneous taxonomic notes on African birds. XXXIV. New races of a rockthrush and a warbler from Angola. Durban Museum Novitates 9:146-152 [type descriptions of niveiceps subspecies of Short-toed Rock-Thrush and spadix subspecies of Rockrunner]

CLANCEY PA. 1972. Miscellaneous taxonomic notes on African birds. XXXVII. Two new subspecies of passerine birds from western Angola. Durban Museum Novitates 9:8-11 [type descriptions of endemic mesicus subspecies of White-tailed Shrike and fusca subspecies of Dusky Sunbird]

COHEN C, MILLS M, RYAN P, SINCLAIR I, VAZ PINTO P and SPOTTISWOODE C. 2004. Angola's neglected mountain endemics. World Birdwatch [semi-popular article on scarp endemics]

COLLAR NJ. 1998. Monotypy of Francolinus griseostriatus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 118:124-126 [supports argument for monotypy]

COLLAR NJ and STUART SN. 1988. Angola Scarp in Key forests for threatened birds in Africa. ICBP Monograph No 3. ICBP and IUCN. [includes Amboim and Bailundo Forests]

CRAIG AJFK. 1988. The status of Onychognathus nabouroup benguellensis (Neumann). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 108:144-147 [refutes the recognition of the endemic subspecies]

DE SEABRA AF. 1905. Aves de Angola da exploração de Francisco Newton. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas 7:118-128 []

DE SEABRA AF. 1905. Aves da exploração de Fr. Newton. Annaes de Sciencias Naturaes 9:153-159 []

DE SEABRA AF. 1905. Mammiferos e aves da exploração de F. Newton em angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas 7:103-110 []

DE SEABRA AF. 1906. Aves de Porto Alexandre. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas 7:143-148 [species recorded by Newton at Porto Alexandre/Namibe]

DE SEABRA AF. 1906. Nota sobre a existencia de Diomedia imutabilis nas costas occdentaes de Africa. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas 7:141-142 [on Laysan Albatross from Angola]

DE SEABRA AF. 1907. Sur quelques oiseaux d'Angola envoyés par Franciso Newton. Boletim de la Société Portugaise de Sciences Naturelles 1:41-45 [mentions Southern Fulmar collected at Port Alexandre]

DEAN WRJ. 1974. Bird weights from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94:170-172 [a list of weights of about 50 species]

DEAN WRJ. 1974. Breeding and distributional notes on some birds of Angola. Durban Museum Novitates 10:109-125 [including Gabela Helmetshrike, White-winged Babbling Starling]

DEAN WRJ. 1976. Breeding records of Crex egregia, Myrmecocichla nigra and Cichladusa ruficauda from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 96:48-49 [African Crake, Sooty Chat and Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush]

DEAN WRJ. 1988. The avifauna of Angolan miombo woodlands. Tauraco Research Report 1:99-104 [comparing Kangandala and Negola]

DEAN WRJ. 1996. The distribution of the Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus in Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 116:254-256 []

DEAN WRJ. 2000. The Birds of Angola. An annotated check-list. BOU Checklist No. 18. British Ornithologists Union, Tring. 433 pp. [comprehensive country checklist, with details on distribution, abundance and breeding]

DEAN WRJ. 2001. Angola. In: Fishpool LDC & Evans MI. Important bird areas in Africa and associated islands. Priority sites for conservation. Pisces Publications and BirdLife International, Newbury and Cambridge [Important Bird Areas of Angola]

DEAN WRJ. 2001. The distribution of vultures in Angola. Vulture News 45:20-25 []

DEAN WRJ. 2006. Age structure of a Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis population. Vulture News 55:8-9 [from Soyo on the Congo River]

DEAN WRJ, DOWSETT RJ, SAKKO A and SIMMONS RE. 2002. New records and amendments to the birds of Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 122:180-184 [adds to the country list Lesser Spotted Eagle and removes Blue Cuckooshrike and Gabon Woodpecker, discusses Black-eared Seedeater]

DEAN WRJ, HUNTLEY MA, HUNTLEY BJ and VERNON CJ. 1988. Notes on some birds of Angola. Durban Museum Novitates 14:43-92 [first record of Maccoa Duck, third record of Booted Eagle, Blue Quail, Wattled Crane, Long-toed Lapwing, White-headed barbet, Grimwood's Longclaw, Gabela Helmetshrike, Herero Chat, Black-tailed Cisticola, Locust Finch, White-winged Babbling Starling]

DEAN WRJ, IRWIN MPS and PEARSON DJ. 2003. An isolated population of Singing Cisticola, Cisticola cantans, in Angola. Ostrich 74:231-232 []

DEAN WRJ and LE MAITRE DC. 2008. The birds of the Soyo area, northwest Angola. Malimbus 30:1-18 [observations from 2006]

DEAN WRJ and Milton SJ. 2007. Some additional breeding records for birds in Angola. Ostrich 78:645-647 []

DEAN WRJ and VERNON CJ. 1988. Notes on the White-winged Babbling Starling Neocichla gutturalis in Angola. Ostrich 59:39-40 []

DEAN WRJ, WALTERS MP and DOWSETT RJ. 2003. Records of birds breeding collected by Dr W. Ansorge in Angola and Gabon. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123:239-250 [breeding records for about 50 species]

DU BOCAGE JVB. 1882. Aves das possessões portuguezas d’Africa occidental. Vigessima segunda lista. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 9:291-298 []

DU BOCAGE JVB. 1882. Aves das possessões portuguezas da Africa occidental. Vigesima terceira lista. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 9:20-24 [Notes on specimens in the Lisboa Museum from west Africa, no. 23]

DU BOCAGE JVB. 1882. Aves das possessões portuguezas da Africa occidental. Vigesima quarta lista. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 9:80-84 [Notes on specimens in the Lisboa Museum from west Africa, no. 24]

DU BOAGE JVB. 1892. Additions et corrections a l’ Ornithologie d’Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 2:248-264 []

DU BOCAGE JVB. 1893. Additions et corrections a l’ Ornithologie d’Angola. Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes 3:6-16 [in French, additions and corrections to the birds of Angola, continues the previous]

ERARD C and ETCHECOPAR RD. 1970. Some notes on the birds of Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 90:158-161 [claims of first record of Red-necked Falcon for Angola, first record of Long-toed Lapwing]

GÜNTHER R and FEILER A. 1986. Zur phänologie, ökologie und morphologie angolanischer vögel (Aves). Teil I: non-passeriformes. Faunistische abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 13:189-227. [records from Angola for 1982/1983, including the first record of European Oystercatcher, Spur-winged Lapwing and Woodchat Shrike]

GÜNTHER R and FEILER A. 1986. Zur phänologie, ökologie und morphologie angolanischer vögel (Aves). Teil II: passeriformes. Faunistische abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 14:1-29. [records from Angola for 1982/1983 on passerines]

HARTERT E. 1904. "New birds from Angola". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 14:72-74 [type of ansorgei subspecies of Woodhouse's Antpecker, albigularis subspecies of African Broadbill, major subspecies of African Yellow Warbler, microptera subspecies of White-throated Swallow]

HARTERT E. 1907. Xenocopsychus. Ibis 19:81-83 [type description of Angola Cave Chat]

HALL BP. 1958. A new race of honeyguide from Mount Moco. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 78:151-152 [type description of lathburyi subspecies of Green-backed Honeybird]

HALL BP. 1959. The plain-backed pipits of Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 79:113-116 []

HALL BP. 1960. The ecology and taxonomy of some Angolan birds. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History 6:367-463 [includes notes on Swierstra's Francolin, Mountain Nightjar, Grimwood's Longclaw, Margaret's Batis, Congo Moor Chat, Angola Cave Chat, Laura's Woodland Warbler, Gabela Helmetshrike, Meve's Starling, Bocage's Sunbird, Bocage's Weaver]

HALL BP. 1960. The faunistic importance of the scarp of Angola. Ibis 102:420-442 []

HALL BP. 1961. Is Muscicapa gabela an Akalat? Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 81:45-46 []

HAWKINS F. 1993. An integrated biodiversity conservation project under development: the ICBP Angola Scarp Project. Proceedings of VIII Pan African Ornithological Congress:279-284 []

HEINRICH G. 1958. Zur Verbreitung und Lebensweise der Vögel von Angola. Journal für Ornithologie 99:121-141 []

HEINRICH G. 1958. Zur Verbreitung und Lebensweise der Vögel von Angola. Systematischer Teil I (Galli - Muscicapidae). Journal für Ornithologie 99:322-362 []

HEINRICH G. 1958. Zur Verbreitung und Lebensweise der Vögel von Angola. Systematischer Teil III (Hirundinidae - Fringillidae). Journal für Ornithologie 99:399-421 [notes on birds from Angola, including Swierstra's Francolin, Grey-striped Francolin, Pale Olive Greenbul, Angola Cave Chat, Angola Slaty Flycatcher and Margaret's Batis]

HUNTLEY BJ and HUNTLEY MA. 1974. Hadeda Ibis, in "New Distributional Data: 5". Ostrich 45:133-133 [first records of Hadeda Ibis outside Cabinda, from Kissama]

LAMBERT K. 2001. Sightings of new and rarely reported seabids in southern African waters. Marine Ornithology 29:115-118 [includes records from Angola, including several new country records reported. These are Spectacled Petrel, White-bellied Storm Petrel, Red-billed Tropicbird, White-tailed Tropicbird, Grey Phalarope, Black-headed Gull, Little Tern]

LAMBERT K. 2006. Seabirds sighted in the waters off Angola, 1966–1988. Marine Ornithology 34:77–80 [several new country records, including Northern Royal Albatross, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Antarctic Prion]

LAWSON WJ. 1966. A new race of the flycatcher Batis molitor from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 86:124-125 [type description of pintoi subspecies of Chinspot Batis, from Mount Moco]

LOUETTE M. 1984. The identity of swamp-dwelling weavers in north-east Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 104:22-24 [from Lakes Dilolo and Cameia]

LOUETTE M. 2002. Relationship of the Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus and the African Little Sparrowhawk A. minullus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 122:218-222 [refutes occurrance of Red-thighed Sparrowhawk in Angola]

LYNES H. 1932. Account of his 1930-31 tour with Mr J. Vincent across central Africa, with descriptions of new cisticola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 52:4-13 [type description of Dambo Cisticola, bulubulu subspecies of Cloud Cisticola, namba subspecies of Wailing Cisticola]

MILLS MSL. 2006. First record of Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris for Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 13:212-212. (234KB) []

MILLS MSL. 2007. Swierstra’s Spurfowl Pternistis swierstrai: a bibliography and summary of museum skins. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14:175-180 []

MILLS MSL. 2007. Vocalisations of Angolan Birds. Volume 1. Birds Angola and Birding Africa [a CD featuring recordings of calls of 110 species]

MILLS MSL. 2009. Vocalisations of Angolan birds: new descriptions and other notes. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 16(2): 150-166 []

MILLS MSL. 2010. Angola’s central scarp forests: patterns of bird diversity and conservation threats. Biodiversity and Conservation 19:1883-1903. []

MILLS MSL and COHEN C. 2007. Brazza’s Martin Phedina brazzae: new information on range and vocalisations. Ostrich 78:51-54. [records from central Angola]

MILLS M, COHEN C and SPOTTISWOODE C. 2004. Little-know African Birds: Gabela Akalat. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 11(2):149-151 []

MILLS MSL and DEAN WRJ. 2007. Notes on Angolan birds: new country records, range extensions and taxonomic questions. Ostrich 78:55-63. []

MILLS MSL and DOWD T. 2007. First records of Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata for Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14(1):77-78. []

MILLS MSL, FRANKE U, JOSEPH G, MIATO F, MILTON S, MONADJEM A, OSCHADLEUS D and DEAN WRJ. 2010. Cataloguing the Lubango Bird Skin Collection: towards an atlas of Angolan bird distributions. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 17(1): 43-53. []

MILLS MSL, MELO M, BORROW N and VAZ PINTO P. 2011. The Endangered Braun’s Bushshrike Laniarius brauni: a summary. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 18: 174–181.

MILLS MSL, MELO M and VAZ A. 2011. Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus in eastern Angola: behavioural notes and the first photographs and sound recordings. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 18: 193–198.

MILLS MSL, OLMOS F, MELO M and DEAN WRJ. 2011. Mount Moco: its importance to the conservation of Swierstra’s Francolin Pternistis swierstrai and the Afromontane avifauna of Angola. Bird Conservation International 21:119–133.

MILLS MSL and VAZ A. 2011. The nest and eggs of Margret’s Batis Batis margaritae. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 131: 208–210.

MILLS MSL, VAZ PINTO P and DEAN WRJ. 2008. The avifauna of Cangandala National Park, Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 15(1):113-120 [an overview of species from this national park]

OGILVIE GRANT WR. 1890. On some new and rare Francolins. Ibis 6(2):345-350 [type description of Grey-striped Francolin]

OGILVIE GRANT WR. 1896. Game Birds Part II. Edward Lloyd, London [notes on Grey-striped Francolin pages 125-126]

PINTO A A DA R. 1960. Endemismos ornitologicos raros de Angola. Boletim Cultural do Museu de Angola 2:11-17 [rare and endemic birds of Angola]

PINTO A A DA R. 1962. As observacoes de maior destaque das expedicoes ornitologicos do Instituto Investigacao Cientifica de Angola. Boletin de Instituto de Investigacão Cientifica, Angola 1:21-38 [notes on specimes from the three early collections of the IICA, 1959-1960, including Gabela Akalat, Pulitzer's Longbill, Gabela Helmetshrike, Gabela Bushshrike]

PINTO A A DA R. 1970. Um catalogo das aves do Distrito da Huíla. Memórias e Trabalhos do Instituto de Investigacão Cientifica de Angola 6:1-193. [a catalogue of the birds of Huila province]

PINTO A A DA R. 1972. Contribucao para o estudo da avifauna do Distrito de Cabinda (Angola). Memórias e Trabalhos do Instituto de Investigacão Cientifica de Angola 10:1-103. [birds of Cabinda province]

PINTO A A DA R. 1973. Aditamento à avifauna do distrito de Moçamedes, Angola. Pages 383-419 in Livro de homaenagem ao Professor Fernando Frade Viegas da Costa. 70 Aniversario - 27 de Abril de 1968. Lisboa. [Additions to the avifauna of Mocamedes (now Benguela) province]

PINTO A A DA R. 1973. Aves da coleccao do Museu do Dundo. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 87:129-178 [a listing of the collection in Dundo, of 397 species and 3000 specimens]

PINTO A A DA R. 1983. Ornitologia de Angola. Vol. 1. Instituto de Investigacão Cientifica Tropical, Lisbon []

RAND AL. 1955. A new species of thrush from Angola. Fieldiana Zoology 34(31):327-329 [type description of Cossypha heinrichi White-headed Robin-Chat]

RAND AL. 1955. Three new bulbuls from Africa. Fieldiana Zoology 34(33):333-336 [type description of viridiceps subspecies of White-throated Greenbul]

RAND AL. 1957. Two new species of birds from Angola. Fieldiana Zoology 39:41-45 [type descriptions of Gabela Akalat and Gabela Helmetshrike]

RIPLEY SD and BOND GM. 1979. A third set of additions to the avifauna of Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 99:140-142 [based on the 1957-8 Angolan collection by Heinrich for the Peabody Museum]

RIPLEY SD and HEINRICH G. 1960. Additions to the avifauna of Northern Angola. I. Postilla 47:1-7 [based on the 1957-8 Angolan collection by Heinrich for the Peabody Museum]

RIPLEY SD and HEINRICH G. 1966. Additions to the avifauna of Northern Angola. II. Postilla 95:1-29 [based on the 1957-8 Angolan collection by Heinrich for the Peabody Museum]

ROBERTS A. 1929. New forms of African birds. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 13:71-79 [includes the type description of Swierstra's Francolin and angolensis subspecies of Red-necked Francolin]

RUDEBECK G. 1958. A new race of the Bunting Fringillaria capensis (L.) from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 78:129-132 [type description of nebularum subspecies, from Lucira]

RYAN PG, SINCLAIR I, COHEN C, MILLS MSL, SPOTTISWOODE CN and CASSIDY R. 2004. The conservation status and vocalizations of threatened birds from the scarp forest of Western Angola Endemic Bird Area. Bird Conservation International 14:247-260. (Email birdsangola@gmail.com for a reprint) []

SEKERCIOGLU CH and RILEY A. 2005. A brief survey of the birds in Kumbira Forest, Gabela, Angola. Ostrich 76:111-117 []

SERLE W. 1955. The bird life of the Angolan littoral. Ibis 97:425-431 [birds recorded at Luanda and Benguela in 1954]

SICK H. 1934. Ueber einige vogelbälge aus Nord-Angola, gesammelt von Herrn R. Braun. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 42:167-172 [birds collected by Braun in northern Angola in 1993 and 1934]

SIMMONS RE, MILLS MSL and DEAN WRJ. 2009. Oystercatcher (Haematopus) records from Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 16(2): 211-212 []

SIMMONS RE, SAKKO A, PATERSON J and NZUZI A. 2006. Birds and conservation significance of the Namib Desert’s least known coastal wetlands: Baia and Ilha dos Tigres, Angola. African Journal of Marine Science 28 (3&4):713-717 [notes on 25 species recorded at Baia dos Tigres in 1999 and 2001]

SINCLAIR I. 2007. First record of Bob-tailed Weaver Brachycope anomala for Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14:78-78 []

SINCLAIR JC. 1974. Fish offal scavengers off Luanda. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94:58-58 [list of birds scavanging in Luando harbour]

SINCLAIR JC. 1974. Larus minutus in Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 94:57-57 [The first record of Little Gull for Angola]

SINCLAIR JC. 1981. First sight records of the Booted Eagle in Angola. Ostrich 52:57-57 [two records, near Lobito and Rocadas]

SINCLAIR I, CHAMBERLAIN D, CHAMBERLAIN M and VAZ PINTO P. 2007. Observations of three little-known bird species in northern Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 14:55-56 [notes on Braun's Bush-Shrike, White-headed Robin-Chat and Black-tailed Cisticola]

SINCLAIR I and RYAN P. 2003. Cuanza Sul: the heart of Angola. Africa Birds and Birding 8:42-50 [popular article on birding in western Angola]

SINCLAIR I, SPOTTISWOODE C, COHEN C, MILLS M, CASSIDY R, VAZ PINTO P and RYAN P. 2004. Birding western Angola. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 11:152-160 [Gives information on where to watch birds in Angola. Download 4.5 MB]

STEINHEIMER FD and DEAN WRJ. 2007. Avian type specimens and their type localities from Otto Schütt's and Friedrich von Mechow's Angolan collections in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin. Zootaxa 1387:1-25 [details on about 50 taxa, including the type of Coppery-tailed Coucal]

STRESEMANN E. 1934. Apalis rufogularis brauni subsp. nov. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 62:156-157 [type description of the brauni subspecies of Buff-throated Apalis]

STRESEMANN E. 1937. Weitere Vogelbälge aus Nord-Angola, gesammelt von Herrn R. Braun. Ornithologische Monatsberichte 45:51-53 [more birds collected by Braun in Angola]

THEMIDO AA. 1938. Aves das colonias Portuguesas (Catalogo das coleccoes do Museu Zoologico de Coimbra). Memorais e Estudo do Museu Zoologico da Universidade de Coimbra 110:1-74 [A list of specimens from Angola in the Museum of Zoology, Coimbra, Portugal]

TRAYLOR MA. 1960. Mutation in an African Flycatcher, Dyaphorophyia concreta. Auk 77:80-82 [notes on the ansorgei subspecies of Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, endemic to Angola]

TRAYLOR MA. 1960. Notes on the birds of Angola, non-passeres. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 51:129-186 []

TRAYLOR MA. 1961. A new pipit from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 82:76-77 [type description of moco subspecies of Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis]

TRAYLOR MA. 1961. Two new birds from Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 81:43-45 [type description of the black-tailed Mountain Wheatear Oenanthe monticola nigricauda and hallae subspecies of Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala]

TRAYLOR MA. 1962. Notes on the birds of Angola, passeres. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 58:53-142 []

TRAYLOR MA. 1963. Check-list of Angolan birds. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 61:1-250 []

TYE A. 1992. A new subspecies of Cisticola bulliens from northern Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112:55-6 [type description of septentrionalis subspecies, darker than the nominate]

VAZ PINTO P. 2002. Field Notes on the Grey-Striped Francolin (Francolinus griseostriatus) in Western Angola. Newsletter of the partridge, quail, and francolin specialist group 17:3-5 []

WARREN RLM. 1966. Type-specimens of birds in the British Museum (Natural History) Vol 1. Non-passerines. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History), London. [information on page 117 for Grey-striped Francolin]

WHITE CMN. 1950. Some records from eastern Angola. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 70:35-35 [a list of specimens collected from Cuvango, Lumbala and Cazombo between 1944 and 1949]

WHITE CMN. 1945. Three recently described game birds from Angola. Ibis 87:466-467 [points out that Francolinus cruzi is a synonym of F. sweistrai, that F. borquii is based on the description of female F. coqui, and that Numida mulondensis is based on a juvenile bird]

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ORNITHOLOGICAL/BIRD: PERIPHERAL RELEVANCE TO ANGOLA

BANNERMAN DA. 1912. On a collection of birds made by Mr Willoughby P. Lowe on the West Coast of Africa and outlying islands; with field notes by the collectors. Ibis 96:219-268 []

BENSON CW and IRWIN MPS. 1966. The Brachystegia avifauna. Ostrich 6:297-322 []

BROOKE RK. 1970. Geographical variation and distribution in Apus barbatus, A. bradfieldi and A. niansae (Aves: Apodidae). Durban Museum Novitates 8:363-374 [discusses Apus swifts from Mount Moco, suggesting that they belong to sladeniae]

BROOKE RK. 1971. Breeding of swifts in Ethiopian Africa and adjacent islands. Ostrich 42:5-36 (recognised Apus sladeniae Fernando Po Swift]

BROOKE RK. 1971. Geographical variation in the swift genus Schoutedenapus. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 91:25-28 [suggests Angolan specimens from Mount Moco belong to a seperate race of Scarce Swift]

CARREIRA IMG. 1990. Catálogo das aves da região Afrotropical existentes no Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra. Ciencia Biologica. Ecology and Systematics 10:51-108 [skins from Angola listed among the 245 African species at the Coimbra museum]

CHAPIN JP. 1932. The Birds of the Belgian Congo. Part I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 65:1-759 []

CHAPIN JP. 1939. The Birds of the Belgian Congo. Part II. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 75:1-632 []

CHAPIN JP. 1953. The Birds of the Belgian Congo. Part 3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 75A:1-821 []

CHAPIN JP. 1954. The Birds of the Belgian Congo. Part 4. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 75B:1-846 []

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