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 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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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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First record of the Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus) for Algeria, plus a number of other good rarities at the border of the Western Palearctic. During a birding trip to southern Algeria (wilaya of Bordj Baji Mokhtar) last autumn, members of the Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association (AWWA) documented the first Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
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Last month, the AWWA team recorded the first Chestnut-bellied Starling in Algeria, and a year later they documented the breeding of the species. During a recent birding trip to southern Algeria, members of the Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association (AWWA) observed and photographed a Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher). The bird was found in the region of
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