Open AccessThe black-necked grebe <I>Podiceps nigricollis</I>. A new bird record for the Kruger National Park
Author(s) -
A.C. van Bruggen
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
koedoe
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.419
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 2071-0771
pISSN - 0075-6458
DOI - 10.4102/koedoe.v19i1.1191
Subject(s) - national park , shrike , geography , french horn , ecology , archaeology , biology , sociology , habitat , pedagogy
The avifauna of the Kruger National Park (KNP) was described in detail by Kemp (1974). However, species new to the list are bound to turn up occasionally. Joubert and English (1973), who discovered the occurrence of the crimson-breasted shrike Laniarius atroccoccincus Burchell, write: "Many of these species include migrants and vagrants entering the Park during rather abnormal times such as cyclones or periods of heavy rainfall.