Christian Boix Hinzen
Harfield Village, Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
http://www.tropicalbirding.com
Christian is a native of Spain, but he developed an interest for African ornithology while undertaking his military service in the Canary Islands and the Spanish Sahara of North Africa. Moving to South Africa in 1990 to study at the Universities of Natal and Cape Town, he quickly got to grips with the region's diverse avifauna. During the summer vacations he worked and guided bird tours for private game reserves and lodges in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe and the Lowveld of the Limpopo River valley in northern South Africa.
In 1997, while raising funds for his doctoral studies, Christian was contracted by the World Wildlife Fund in South Africa to monitor the impact of longline fisheries on seabirds in South African waters. His recommendations lead to the implementation of deterrence measures to curb seabird bycatch in longline operations. He is currently researching the breeding behaviour of hornbills in Namibia for his doctorate at the Percy FitzPatrick Institute for African Ornithology.
Christian speaks Spanish, French, Portuguese, English and Catalan fluently, and understands German.
IBC Personal statistics:
- First material posted on 25 December 2002
- Number of videos posted: 88 covering 71 species (0.72%)
- Number of photos posted: 88 covering 86 species (0.87%)
- Number of sounds posted: 0 covering 0 species (0%)
Material by Christian Boix Hinzen on IBC
Videos
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Violet-backed Hyliota (Hyliota violacea)
An adult (male) ? Violet-backed Hyliota preening in a swaying branch. Nyungwe Forest National Park, Rwanda (ssp violacea) 17 July 2007 24 December 2009 22 sec 2 -
Crab Plover (Dromas ardeola)
An adult bird trying to eat a prey and being disturbed by a juvenile Mida Creek Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species) 29 May 2008 03 July 2008 1 min 3.9 -
Jackson's Widowbird (Euplectes jacksoni)
A male performing several display flights in a field Nairobi National Park, Kenya (Monotypic species) 30 April 2008 03 July 2008 14 sec 4.1 -
Hartlaub's Francolin (Francolinus hartlaubi)
A male singing several times and walking away Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species) 27 August 2006 03 July 2008 19 sec 3.4 -
Blue-eared Barbet (Megalaima australis)
A bird singing, seen from below Panbari Forest Reserve, Assam, India (ssp cyanotis) 19 April 2008 03 July 2008 47 sec 4 -
Böhm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)
Two birds perched, one of them stretching and preening and the other one flying away Malawi (Monotypic species) 12 December 2007 03 July 2008 41 sec 4.5
Photos
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Fan-tailed Berrypecker (Melanocharis versteri)
A male foraging and flitting through the shrubs around Kumul Lodge Kumul Lodge, Enga, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea 11 August 2009 24 December 2009 2.5 -
Doria's Hawk (Megatriorchis doriae)
A breeding female Doria's Hawk perched at the edge of its nest during the heat of the day, perhaps shading the chick. Varirata National Park, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea 26 August 2009 23 December 2009 2.7 -
Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)
A perched male Blue BOP at Benson's Farm, near Ambua Lodge Ambua Lodge, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea 29 June 2007 23 December 2009 3.2 -
Blue Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi)
A stunning adult male perched and calling intermittently at Benson's Farm near Ambua Lodge Ambua Lodge, Papua New Guinea, New Guinea 29 June 2007 23 December 2009 2.5 -
Partridge Pigeon (Geophaps smithii)
An adult Partridge Pigeon walks placidly by the road searching for seeds Victoria River, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp smithii) 5 July 2007 22 December 2009 3 -
Rufous-headed Ground-Roller (Atelornis crossleyi)
A responsive male lurches towards us intrigued by our presence Andasibe-Mantadia (Perinet) National Park, Toamasina Province, Madagascar 10 October 2007 22 December 2009 3
Sounds
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