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 Watching Association (AWWA) documented another new species for Algeria. On 4 November 2023, the birding party photographed two African
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
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 Watching Association (AWWA) to the Wilaya (Province) of Bordj Badji Mokhtar in the south of Algeria produced the first record of Cricket
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.
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
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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First breeding of the Northern Bald Ibis in Switzerland in 400 years. A pair have chosen to nest in a very strange place: a windowsill of a Harley-Davidson dealer. The only remaining wild colonies of the Northern Bald Ibis are located in the Souss-Massa National Park and Tamri cliffs, south-west Morocco. Two reintroduction projects are
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The return of Golden Nightjar, Sudan Golden Sparrow, and other Aousserd interesting birds after they had been missing for the last few years. Understandably, their absence during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic was due to travel restrictions. Some birders who visited the Aousserd region last year did miss some of the Western Palearctic rarities
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Sighting of a Pied Crow on the northern edge of the Sahara in Algeria.Observation d’un Corbeau pie dans la limite nord du Sahara en Algérie. In early April 2023, Nedjla Adamou and Assem Zerouala found the Pied Crow in Laghoaut, located on the northern edge of the Algerian Sahara. After its discovery was shared, Mohamed