Request for records of the Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla

African-Palearctic migration project update:
  Request for records on the wintering distribution of the Baillon’s
  Crake Porzana pusilla
http://tanzaniabirdatlas.com/QuestionnaireBC.pdf/view
http://tanzaniabirdatlas.com/List-Publ-2.pdf/view

> we want to quickly inform you about the progress of our research
> project “A database of Western Palearctic birds migrating within
> Africa to guide conservation decisions� and then ask you to help
> with data for a new target species.
>
> 1.) Many of you have already contributed much information to this
> ongoing research project, and to show you that your efforts have
> been worthwhile, below is a list of publications that this project
> has so far produced (with several more in the pipeline). Your
> contributions have also been acknowledged in these publications,
> most of which are available for download at www.bruno-walther.de
>
> 2.) We are now launching a new research project focusing on the
> ecology of the Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla launched by the
> German Ornithological Station “Hiddensee� (see Background
> below). The study intends to investigate the distribution of the
> Baillon’s Crake in the African, Middle Eastern and Maccaronesian
> region to get a broader picture about potential wintering and
> breeding sites of this species. We would like to ask you kindly to
>
> � report any record of the Baillon’s Crake you have knowledge
> about
> â—� please use our attached questionnaire, but in case you prefer to
> just send us your records by email, please do so
> (nam.seifert@gmail.com; bawalther2009@gmail.com)
> â—� please remember the most important data are habitat, date and
> locality (preferably with geographic coordinates), with additional
> information (e.g. number of individuals, sex, age, etc.) also welcome
>
> 3.) In addition, we continue to collect any other information or
> data on Palearctic migrants in Africa, with special emphasis on
> threatened species (see list attached).
>
> Any information will be of great help!
> Thanks a lot in advance!
>
> With our best wishes,
> Nina and Bruno
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Nina Seifert
> PhD Student
> Ornithological Institute "Hiddensee"
> University of Greifswald
> Soldmannstrasse 23
> D-17489 Greifswald
> nam.seifert@gmail.com
>
> Dr. Bruno Walther
> Assistant Professor
> Science Department
> American University of Paris
> 31, Avenue Bosquet
> 75007 Paris, France
> bawalther2009@gmail.com
> www.bruno-walther.de
>