African Zoology

Head of section : M.Louette

Otus pauliani is an endangered endemic scops owl from Grand Comoros. Its distribution is confined to the mountain forests of the Karthala volcano.		Cyanolanius madagascarinus comorensis Blue Vanga of Mohéli (© Claire Spottiswoode)

Scientific staff

• Dr Michel Louette, Head of Department and Head of Section
  
  Systematic, faunistic and phylogenetic research on birds from the Comoro Archipelago and Central Africa.
  

Research activities Systematic, faunistic and phylogenetic research on African birds ; studies on biodiversity. M. Louette Prionops alberti  a remarkable species endemic to the Albertine Rift (2 skins in the collection of the RMCA)
Information gathering on biodiversity from the collection databases. M. Louette Map showing the distribution of Prionops alberti based on the collections of the RMCA. The worldwide distribution of Prionops alberti is restricted to the Albertine Rift (East Congo, Rwanda), where it prefers transitional forests, and the lower zone of the mountain forests
Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 11. Old World Flycatchers to Old World Warblers (RMCA contribution: see Family Platysteiridae – Michel Louette) Editors: Josep del Hoyo, Andrew Elliott, David Christie Price : 158€  iso 199€  - pre-publication offer until August 31st, 2006
Moult scheme in two remarkable specimens of the Black Sparrowhawk

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  - by appointment only.
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