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Discoveries A nest of Grey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas constructed on a tree Matthias Waltert and Michael Mithlcnhctv UnnidduPicathartea(<>ngrisPicathartesoreas.1ete<>bser\ep<>urlapremieret<msMir1 enformedecoupeaetedecouvertdebutmars 1999,danslaz<>neduPn>jet K<>rup,( ai mceosnutrradiotric3d0ucnmgrdaenldonPgi,pi8acdmcnidaestlarrugme,e.1t 11.05<mmaduedheasusteuusrd;ulesobl<>rdexterieur£ttitairtuiesns<i noticeable. It was undoubtedly a picathartes nest: it lookedexactly likethosebuilt on rock faceswe had comeacrossinthesamearea,wherewefoundseveral colonies.Accordingtolocals,thebirdwasseenonthe nest several weeksbeforeand the breeding sitewas reported to have lx*en in existence for years. Ihis appearstolx*thefirstrecordofanestofGrey-necked Picathartes built on a tree. Acknowledgements We thank the Korup Project for supporting our fieldwork, thevillageofMwangale CAFECOarea for their friendly co-operation, and Ron Demey for his oFingutrreee,1.CNAeFsEtCoOfGcronecye-snseicokne.dKPoircuapthaPrrtoejsecPticaraetah.artesureas commentson the manuscript. Cameroon (Matthias Waltert) References G rey-necked Picathartes Picathartes oreas is a 1. Collar,N.J.,Crosby.M.J.andStattersfield.A.J. 1994. restricted-range species, confined to the Birdstonatch2. theworldlistofthreatenedbirds north-western Lower Guinea forest zone, between Cambridge, UK: BirdLife International. south-east Nigeria and north and central Gabon1 \ 2. Collar.N.J.andStuart.S.N. 1993. threatenedbirdsof Although elusive and not easy to observe, it is not Africaandrelatedislands, the1CBP11CXRedData uncommoninsuitablerainforesthabitatinCameroon Book.Cambridge,UK:InternationalCouncilforBird c(oRloDneiemse,ybupielrdsincgomitms)m.uIdt unseusatlloynbrteheedssurifnacsemalolf 3. aPLronuenesotettreva,atteiMdo.n.ch1e98c1k.-liTsht.e bVierrdhsanodfl.CamKeorno.onA.caAd.n overhanging rocks, caves andboulders25. There is a Wetensch. Lett. SchoneKunst. Belg. 43: 1-293. singlerecordofanestwithina hollowinaburnt-out 4. Stattersfield.A.J.,Crosby. M.J.,Long.A.J.andWege. log2. D.C. 1998.EndemicBirdAreasoftheworld:priorities On 3 March 1999, in an unlogged part of the for biodiversity conservation. Cambridge, UK: CAFECOconcession, KorupProjectarea,Cameroon, BirdLife International. wefoundanestofthisspeciesattachedtothebuttress 5. Thompson, H.S. and Fotso. R. 1995. Rockfow1: the ofalargePiptadeniastrumtree, 1.3maboveground, genusPicathartes. Bull.ABC2: 25-28. neara smallforeststream. The cup-shapednestwas Centrefor Nature Conservation (Dept.I). Vniversitat c30cmlong,8cmwideand10cmhigh.Theouterrim Gottingen. Von-Siebold-Strafie 2. 37075 Gottingen. was damaged and some fibrous material was Germany.E-mail: [email protected]. 132-BullABC Vol7No2 Discoveries