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Unidentified green turaco in Ethiopia DetlefRobel UntouracoappartenantaucomplexeTauracopersaaeteobservepresdeSodere,danslesmontsBale, Ethiopie, le 19novembre 1996. Ils'agissaitsoitd'unTouracovert T.persasoitd'unTouracoabeenoir T.schuetti,1'identificationprecisen'ayantpasetepossible.Aucundecesdeuxtaxonsn'avaiteteobserve enEthiopie auparavent. O n19November1996,1wasdrivingfromtheBale and del Hoyo et al4. In view of these unresolved MountainsthroughaforestedareatowardSodere. taxonomic questions, Iwillnotattempttoassignthe Imadeastop atc3,000mandheardsomeloudcalls Ethiopian bird specifically, beyond that it belonged resemblingthedistantbarkingofadog,whichcanbe to the Tauraco persa complex. Neither Tauraco transcribedas vuh, vuh, vuh, vuh, vuh. Aftera short persa or T. schuettihas previouslybeen recorded in pause, it called again. I located it sitting on the side Ethiopia1-9 (J S Ash in litt). branchofa largetree andimmediatelyrecognisedit as a typical Tauraco with a greenish body, violet- References blue wings and reddish primaries. The tail was 1. Dowsett, R.J. and Dowsett-Lemaire, F. 1993- A concealedbythetreetrunk butIhadaclearviewof Contribution to theDistributionand Taxonomyof the relatively short, greenish rounded crest, fringed AfrotropicalandMalagasybirds.TauracoResearch white, the dark redbill andred orbital ring. In front ReportNo. 3. Liege: TauracoPress. oftheeyetherewasaroundwhitespotandanarrow 2. Dowsett-Lemaire, F. and Dowsett, R.J. 1988. butclearwhitelineranfrombelowtheeyetobehind Vocalizationofthegreenturacos(Tauracospecies) andtheirsystematicstatus. Tauraco 1: 64-71. the eye. WTeasutrIawAcfaorsipceai.rmsmHaeo,dwwiehavitecerlh,yisIrfecaommuiillndidaerndottoomefeliGmfrirenoeamntevTiBsulirtasacckto-o 43.. BFdoriefylr,tdHhsCoe.yoHBof.iA,,rfJdr.K,isecEialotl.hfi,oVtttohS,.elAa.3W.noadLrnlodUdnr.SdbaoraVngnoa,,tlaUEl4K.,.K:J..BA1a(c9re9acd7des.)elHom1nai9anc8:d8P.brLeoyTsonhskx.e billed Turaco T. schuetti which breeds in Central Edicions. , Africa, ofwhich the race emini is fairly common in 5. Moreau, R.E. 1958. Some aspects of the southernSudan6 Theshortcrestsupportsidentifica- Musophagidae. Ibis 100: 67-112, 238-270. . tionas this species, butthe bill andwing colours do 6. Nikolaus,G. 1987.DistributionatlasofSudan’sbirds not,as T.schuettieminiapparentlyhasgreenwings3. with notes on habitat and status. Bonn. Zool. The turaco I encountered thus belonged to the Monographien 25: 1-322. superspeciesTauracopersa whichwasconsidereda 7. Sibley, C.G. and Monroe, B.L. 1990. Distribution single species by Moreau5 F,ryetaPrecognise three andTaxonomyofBirdsoftheWorld.YaleUniversity . Press: NewHaven&London, UK. sLapenemdcaiFiierssecwhie&tr'hsiDnToutwrhsiasectcotoTm2.paflliesscoxh:earTic.acuAolrrtdaecrnosappteeicrvisefali,yc,T.Dstosacwthsuuesettttt-oi 8. TP1au9rr9tn1e-1r—T,aNDxo.onAn.-o,pmaPsiescaerrnsioontnee,ss.Do.SnJc.ospaounmsde1ZE4a:ismt8m4Ae-f8rr7mi.caann,biDr.dAs.. Livingstone'sTuraco T. livingstoni,KnysnaTuraco T. 9. Urban,E.K.andBrown,L.H. 1971.AChecklistofthe corythaix and Schalow's Turaco T. schalowi, an Birds of Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa approachfollowedbySibley&Monroe7 TurneretaP University Press. , BerlinerPlatz1, D-03046Cottbus, Germany. Waldrapp (Northern Bald Ibis) Geronticus eremita reintroduction workshop ChrisBowden T<he report has just been published from the joint eremita), held in Agadir in March 1999. The 34 workshop, hosted by the Moroccan Ministry of participants came fromninecountries, and included Eaux et Forets, with support from the Royal Society all the main specialists in Waldrapp ecology and fortheProtectionofBirds(UKBirdLifeInternational rehabilitation. partner) and German Technical Assistance (GTZ) Theobjectivesweretoclarifywhatisknownand project, entitledInternationalworkshoponastrategy what the problems have been with previous fortherehabilitationofNorthernBaldIbis(Geronticus unsuccessful reintroduction attempts, so that future 56-BullABC Vol7No 1 ShortNotes