Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science (Aug 1976)

The black-necked grebe <I>Podiceps nigricollis</I>. A new bird record for the Kruger National Park

  • A. C. van Bruggen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v19i1.1191
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 19, no. 1
pp. 169 – 170

Abstract

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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."