Turkey Report 
OSME will shortly be preparing Turkish distribution maps for Black 
Vulture Aegypius monachus and Lesser Kestrel Falco naurmnni. Both 
species are included in Birds to Watch: the ICBP world checklist of 
threatened birds (Collar & Andrew 1988); and an EEC /ICBP Manage- 
ment Plan is being prepared for Lesser Kestrel. 
To assist in the production of the maps, please send any records of 
either species (both old and new) which have not previously been 
submitted to the Turkey Bird Report to Richard Webb, Turkey Officer, 
c/o OSME. 
Once the maps have been prepared, OSME hopes to organise f ieldwork 
to review the current status of both species in selected areas. 
In addition, OSME is updating the list of species for which Turkish 
records are particularly required. Members visiting Turkey are invited 
to write to Richard Webb for a copy of the list. (See Harrap, S and 
Martins, R 1986. Turkish Bird Report: Notes for contributors. OSME 
Bull 17:37-43) 
Requests 
Pink-backed Pelicans in 1989 north of their normal 
distribution 
Fourteen records of Pink-backed Pelicans Pelecanus rufescens were 
reported during May to November 1989, in Central Europe (11), Egypt 
and Israel (3), but only as unconfirmed reports. It seems that an influx 
of Pink-backed PeUcans into Central Europe may have taken place. 
Please send any reports of Pink-backed Pelicans (or other unidentified 
pehcans) outside their normal range (Africa south of the Sahara and 
the Red Sea north to 23°) in 1989 to: Michael Kuhn, Coloniastr. 64, D- 
55303 Bornheim 3, West Germany. Please include full details and, if 
possible, supporting photographs. 
Midwinter wildfowl counts in Turkey 
For the past five years, IWRB has subsidised a Dutch team counting 
waterfowl in midwinter on the major Turkish wetlands. For the last 
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