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In addition to the usual collection of news, rarities reports, reviews and competitions in the March/April issue of African Birdlife, there is a wealth of intriguing articles featuring unusual behaviour, conservation and travel, all supported by inspiring photography. This issue also includes a large, free poster featuring the BirdLife South Africa 2020 Bird of the Year, the Southern Ground-Hornbill.Feature articles

CLIFF HANGERS
Andrew Jenkins revisits the Augrabies Falls National Park and photographs the impressive variety of raptors present within its rocky reaches.

FETCH & CARRY
A young Pale Chanting Goshawk toys with ball of elephant dung.

RAISING LAZARUS
A small group of committed people has made a positive difference to the conservation of some of Madagascar’s rarest bird species.

CRUSHING DEFEAT
A Yellow-bellied Greenbul meets an untimely end in a garden pond.

WAX WORKS
Hugh Chittenden highlights some of the adaptations that help honeyguides accommodate their unique diet.

ELEVATING GAMEBIRDS
A new study on francolins and spurfowls recommends elevating no fewer than 14 subspecies to species level and lumping other subspecies into more inclusive entities.

DOUBLE TAKE
New photographic evidence reveals that Double-banded Coursers can lay two clutches in one season.

GIRL POWER
A feisty juvenile female Black Sparrowhawk attempts to get an early start on the mating game.