Baie mense in die voëlkykgemeenskap sal van wyle dr. Peter Milstein weet, sommige kan selfs sy lesings onthou en het moontlik Eyrie besoek toe hy gaste ontvang het by wat bekend gestaan het as Eyrie Birding Lodge. Kyk na ons lys skakels na dr. Milstein (sy bynaam by sy studente was blykbaar Professor Gans na sy werk aan die Egiptiese Kolganse) en sy boek en sy werk.
Eyrie het 'n lang geskiedenis en 'n nalatenskap van pioniers in die laeveld, waaronder:
1. Wyle Oom Broer Mare - Skepper van Kampersrus-ontwikkelingsprojek was die eerste eienaar van die plaas waarop Eyrie tot een van die kleinhoewes van Kampersrus gevestig is.
2. Wyle Ds Keet - Dominee van die NG gemeente Kampersrus was die volgende eienaar wat Eyrie as sy geestelike rusplek beskou het.
3. Wyle dr Milstein, die wêreldbekende skrywer en voëlkundige, het Eyrie verder tot 'n voëlkykhawe ontwikkel en daar is baie voëlkyk-entoesiaste wat nog steeds getuig van die wonderlike ervarings wat hy op Eyrie vergemaklik het. (sien skakels hieronder)
4. Huidige eienaars Clive en Morag Mentis het hierdie nalatenskap voortgesit en die tuine en fasiliteite by Eyrie onderhou en uitgebrei.
5. U gasheer by Eyrie Birding Accommodation Adolf Theron en sy vrou Maralie het 'n familiegeskiedenis van 100 jaar in Kampersrus, tot voor die oprigting van die Kampersrus-kleinhoewes en wat tans bekend staan as die Eyrie.
Dr Peter le Sueur Milstein
https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-technology/farming-for-tomorrow/avitourism-birds-are-a-free-attraction/amp/
Dr. PETER LE SUEUR MILSTEIN comes from a nature-loving family and is a direct descendant of the Hugenots. He was educated at Potchefstroom Boys High School and spent much of his boyhood in the marshes along the Mooi River, where Austin Roberts received his grounding in birds from Thomas Ayres. He holds a doctorate in Zoology and was awarded a British Council Scholarship to study in Britain, where he worked on the Grey Heron, then threatened by pesticides. During a professional career in Nature Conservation, he published over 300 scientific and popular contributions. This is the tenth book where he is author or co-author.
https://www.amazon.com/Remarkable-Birds-South-Africa-Milstein/dp/1875093583
Dr. Peter le Sueur Milstein
Remarkable Birds of South Africa
South Africa is home to over 900 bird species of the nearly 9 000 bird species recorded world-wide. Arranged in taxonomic order by bird family, Remarkable Birds of South Africa gives an overview of this huge variety of birds found right on our doorstep. It is not meant to be a field guide, but rather attempts to give birders and would-be birders some insights into our fascinating birdlife. Available field guides supply little additional biological information because this is not their function. In this book the author sheds light on many of the fascinating aspects of bird behaviour and taxonomy and shares interesting anecdotal information collected over a lifetime dedicated to nature conservation.
* A fascinating account of South African bird families that gives insight into bird behaviour, distribution and taxonomy, with anecdotal information and field observations never published before in popular bird literature.
* The book is written in an easy, anecdotal style and is richly illustrated with more than 450 superb full-color photographs. It will appeal to a broad range of readers – from armchair birders to twitchers (birdwatchers who will go far and wide in pursuit of a rare bird to check off of their life-list).
* Birding is one of the fastest growing pastimes and this book makes a valuable addition to the available popular literature on South African birds.
Dr Peter Milstein recognized ornithologist, author or co-author of over 150 scientific and popular publications, including author or co-author of nine books, for example The Complete Book of Southern African Birds.
The Lowveld, world-famous for its big game, is also home to considerably more than half of the total species of southern African birds. More than 500 such species are found on the flats alone. However, these are augmented by even more specialized bird species from the forests and cliffs along the Drakensberg escarpment, which forms the Lowveld's western boundary. Complementing the Lowveld's exciting mammals, many of the rarest and most beautiful of South African birds are found in Hoedspruit District
https://www.travelnewsnamibia.com/news/stories/birding/birds-eye-view-20/
It always amazes me that once you’ve identified a specific bird, you suddenly seem to see it everywhere, even in places you’ve been before but never noticed it. The first time I become aware of the tailor-bird was in Mpumalanga near Klaserie where well-known ornithologist Dr Peter Milstein showed us the nest of the Green-backed Camaroptera (the South African counterpart of our own Grey-backed Camaroptera). After you’ve seen this nest, a real artistic piece of work, you will probably never forget this little bird. The nest is built with leaves that are ‘sutured’ together with fibres and cobweb threads to form a beautiful little nest.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261694952_Francolins_partridges_and_spurfowls_What's_in_a_name
Ostrich 2004, 75(4): 199–203
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Commentary
Francolins, partridges and spurfowls: what’s in a name?
TM Crowe1* and RM Little2
1DST Centre of Excellence in Birds as Keys to Biodiversity Conservation at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
2World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa, Private Bag X2, Die Boord 7613, South Africa
* Corresponding author, e-mail: tmcrowe@botzoo.uct.ac.za
In an article in Wingshooter magazine (September 2003), Dr
PJ Viljoen, Dr Peter Milstein and the late Professor Rudi
Bigalke call for the suppression of the English common
name ‘spurfowl’ to distinguish some of Africa’s small galli-
form birds from others. We agree with Viljoen et al. (2003)
on two points:
1.Common names of birds should facilitate ‘communication’
in terms of their identification and promote an ‘under-
standing’ of their biology.
2.Calling all the medium-sized galliforms in southern Africa
‘francolins’ does them a biological and conservation dis-
service. This is because the quail-like subgroup called
patryse by Afrikaans-speaking people is generally much
more sensitive to habitat transformation and over-shooting
than the partridge-like group known as fisante (Little and
Crowe 2000, Viljoen et al. 2003).
In an attempt to clarify where we differ from Viljoen et al.
(2003), it is necessary to discuss our reasons for advocating
the use of the English common names ‘francolins’ for the
ecologically-sensitive patryse, and ‘spurfowls’ for the gener-
ally more resilient fisante, rather than partridges (patryse)
and francolins (fisante), as is advocated by Viljoen et al.
(2003). (We have never suggested, nor do we advocate,
changing the Afrikaans common names for these birds).
Then we will review the evidence offered by Viljoen et al.
(2003) in favour of suppression of the use of the name ‘spur-
fowls’ for fisante.
What is a francolin?
In the early 1960s, Mrs BP Hall produced a book-length
treatment that comprehensively reviewed all available bio-
logical evidence having bearing on the evolution of Afro-
Asian ‘partridges’, ‘spurfowls’ and ‘francolins’ (Hall 1963). In
his ‘Foreword’ to The Atlas of Speciation of African
Passerine Birds (Hall and Moreau 1970), Harvard
University’s Professor Ernst Mayr, one of the 20th century’s
most honoured avian evolutionary biologists (if not the
most), describes Hall’s 1963 work as a ‘pioneering study’ of
avian evolution and speciation. In the end, Hall (1963) con-
cluded that 41 species (36 African, five Asiatic), all of which
she called ‘francolins’, should be grouped into a single
genus Francolinus. When one of us (TMC) asked Mrs Hall
why she favoured this ‘lumping’ approach for the francolins,
she gave two reasons (BP Hall pers. comm.). First, anatom-
ical and other similarities between species suggested that
they were all related to one another, stemming from a com-
mon branch of the galliform evolutionary tree. Second, she
maintained that the existence of ‘linking’ forms between fran-
colins (in her broad sense of the name) made giving sepa-
rate generic names to what South African wingshooters and
farmers understand to be francolins (fisante) and partridges
(patryse) problematic. Hereafter, we use the names ‘francol-
ins’ for patryse and ‘spurfowls’ for fisante, and the generic
names Dendroperdix, Peliperdix and Scleroptila for francol-
ins, and Pternistis for spurfowls, as has been done (on the
advice of TMC) in Sinclair and Ryan (2003, PG Ryan pers.
comm.) and in the forthcoming edition of Roberts’ Birds of
Southern Africa (PAR Hockey pers. comm.).
Francolins vs spurfowls
One of the local key ‘linking’ forms between francolins and
spurfowls is the Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena.
Francolins generally are relatively small (mass <600g),
have short leg spurs, quail-like reddish-brown, white-
streaked back-plumage, tend to sit ‘tight’ on the ground
when alarmed, do not perch in trees or bushes, have tonal,
whistling calls and react strongly when presented with tape
recordings (Crowe et al. 1986, Milstein and Wolff 1987, Little
and Crowe 2000). Spurfowls generally are much larger
(>600g), have long leg spurs, dark brown or grey backs with
lighter streaking or salt-and-pepper spotting, can perch
and/or roost in bushes and trees, are more prone to run
when alarmed, have atonal, grating calls and do not react
strongly to playback of recorded calls (Crowe et al. 1986,
Milstein and Wolff 1987, Little and Crowe 2000). The
Crested Francolin, however, has long spurs, can roost in
trees, often runs when alarmed and has atonal calls, i.e. fea-
tures reminiscent of spurfowls, but has quail-like back-feath-
ers, is small (±350g) and reacts very strongly to recordings
of its calls, i.e. like a francolin (Crowe et al. 1986, Milstein
and Wolff 1987, Little and Crowe 2000).
Viljoen et al. (2003: 14) are simply incorrect when they
Background
Ostrich 2004, 75(4): 199–203
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Copyright © NISC Pty Ltd
OSTRICH
ISSN 0030–6525
Commentary
Francolins, partridges and spurfowls: what’s in a name?
TM Crowe1* and RM Little2
1DST Centre of Excellence in Birds as Keys to Biodiversity Conservation at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute, Department of Zoology,
University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa
2World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa, Private Bag X2, Die Boord 7613, South Africa
* Corresponding author, e-mail: tmcrowe@botzoo.uct.ac.za
In an article in Wingshooter magazine (September 2003), Dr
PJ Viljoen, Dr Peter Milstein and the late Professor Rudi
Bigalke call for the suppression of the English common
name ‘spurfowl’ to distinguish some of Africa’s small galli-
form birds from others.
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