The documentation of a Pale Fox in southern Algeria using camera traps adds to previous records of the species, which were mainly based on roadkill observations. La documentation d’un Renard pâle dans le sud de l’Algérie à l’aide de pièges photographiques s’ajoute aux enregistrements précédents de l’espèce, qui étaient principalement basés sur des observations d’animaux […]
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First record of Pygmy Sunbird (Hedydipna platura) for Algeria. La première observation du Souimanga pygmée dans l’Algérie. — During a birding trip in autumn 2023 to southern Algeria, members of Écocirta Association, in coordination with the local Tijem Association*, documented the first Pygmy Sunbird for the country. The group photographed a male and a female
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North African Ostrich (or Red-necked Ostrich) nests in the wild in Morocco for the first time in decades. L’Autruche à cou rouge niche dans la nature au Maroc pour la première fois depuis des décennies. — In Morocco, the wild population of the North African Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) experienced a significant decline in the
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First record of the African Green Bee-eater (Merops viridissimus) in Algeria. La première observation du Guêpier vert en Algérie. — During a birding trip to the Wilaya (Province) of In-Guezzam adjacent to Mali, members of the Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association (AWWA) documented another new species for Algeria. On 4 November 2023, the birding party photographed two African
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A singing Little Bunting observed at Oued Massa, southern Morocco. This is the fourth national record. Un Bruant nain chanteur observé à Oued Massa en avril. Il s’agit de la quatrième mention de l’espèce pour le Maroc. — The Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla) was found by Sönke Tautz at Oued Massa, near the edge of
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First breeding record of the Cricket Warbler (Spiloptila clamans) in Algeria. Premier cas de reproduction de la Prinia à front écailleux en Algérie. — A birding trip by members of the Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association (AWWA) to the Wilaya (Province) of Bordj Badji Mokhtar in the south of Algeria produced the first record of Cricket
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A new record of Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) for Algeria.Une nouvelle mention de Bruant jaune pour l’Algérie (voir le texte au-dessous de la photo). — The distribution range of the Yellowhammer extends from the northern parts of the Iberian Peninsula to Northern Asia. It’s generally resident, especially in the western parts of its range. In Northern
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A pair of Lanner Falcons (Falco biarmicus) cooperatively hunt a Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) in southern Morocco. The video below showing two Lanner Falcons engaging in cooperative hunting of a fully grown Fennec Fox. The footage was captured by members of the Association Anafis in the Qatari hunting reserve within the Boujdour region, southern Morocco.
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After an extraordinary sea crossing from Italy, the reintroduced Northern Bald Ibis was illegally shot and killed in Spain. Knubbel is a juvenile female Northern Bald Ibis that hatched on 3 June 2023 in Überlingen at Lake Constance and grew up there. During the autumn migration, the bird lost contact with its conspecifics in northern
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First breeding record of the House Bunting (Emberiza sahari) in Spain and Europe. By: Antonio Jesús Sepúlveda & Julio Ortega (Tumbabuey). The appearance of the House Bunting as an African vagrant in the Iberian Peninsula dates back to a decade and a half ago, with a first record in 2009 in the town of Tarifa.
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