Adrian Craig

MSc University of Cape Town (1974)
PhD University of Natal (Pietermaritzburg) (1978)

Professor of Zoology

'phone +27 [0]46 603 8526
Fax +27 [0]46 622-8959
e-mail a.craig@ru.ac.za

Research interests

Biology of African weavers and starlings
Bird-ringing as a method to study moult and dispersal
Passerine bird distribution, evolution and systematics in Africa

Teaching interests

Animal behaviour
Ornithology
Vertebrate biology

Professional memberships

British Ornithologists' Union
American Ornithologists' Union
Deutsche Ornithologen Gesellschaft
BirdLife Australia
BirdLife South Africa
Cooper Ornithological Society
Zoological Society of South Africa

Personal interests

Birding
History
Travel

Post-graduate supervision

Current students

Dale Morris (MSc) - Isolated populations of the Drakensberg Rockjumper on the Great Escarpment.

Albert Schultz (PhD) - Epidemiological Investigations into Diseases and Parasites of Free-Ranging and Captive African Penguins in Algoa Bay.

Past students

Mark van Niekerk (MSc, 2011) - Distribution and habitat use of Grey-crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) in the North Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

Darcy Ogada (PhD, 2008) - The ecology and conservation of Mackinder's eagle owls (Bubo capensis mackinderi) in central Kenya in relation to agricultural land-use and cultural attitudes.

Some recent publications

Craig, A.J.F.K. & Nuttall, R.J. 2010. The current status of ornithological collections in southern African museums. In: LOUETTE, M., CAEL, G. & TAVERNIER, W. (Eds). 2010. Proceedings of the Sixth European Bird Curators Meeting, Journal of Afrotropical Zoology, Special Issue: 111-115.

Craig, A.J.F.K., Bonnevie, B.T. & Oschadleus, H.D. 2010. Regional patterns in moult and sexual dimorphism of adult Southern Red Bishops Euplectes orix in southern Africa. Ostrich 81 (2): 123-128.

Craig, A.J.F.K., Bissett, C., Galpin, M.D., Olver, B. & Hulley, P.E. 2011. The avifauna of Kwandwe Private Game Reserve, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Koedoe 53(1): Art. #1015, 5 pages. DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v53i1.1015

Craig, A.J.F.K., Hasson, M., Jordaens, K., Breman, F.C. & Louette, M. 2011. Range extension of the Lufira Masked Weaver Ploceus ruweti, endemic to Katanga province, Democratic Republic of Congo. Ostrich 82 (1): 77-78.

Craig, A.J.F.K. 2009. Family Buphagidae (Oxpeckers). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D. (Eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 14:642-653. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Craig, A.J.F.K. & Feare, C.J. 2009. Family Sturnidae (Starlings). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D. (Eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 14:654-758. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

Craig, A.J.F.K. 2010. Family Ploceidae (Weavers). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Christie, D. (Eds) Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 15: 74-197. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.