Where Have All the Whitethroats Gone?
Open Access
- 1 March 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 21 (1), 1-14
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657409476397
Abstract
By Derek Winstanley, Robert Spencer and Kenneth Williamson The ‘crash’ of the Whitethroat population in 1969 was one of the more startling revelations of the Trust's Common Birds Census; but more alarming is the bird's failure to make any sort of recovery. Having investigated the possible causes of the decline, the authors are convinced that the Whitethroat is the victim of a recent climatic deterioration in its winter quarters, the droughtstricken Sahel Zone of West Africa.Keywords
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