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First Northern Grey-headed Sparrow for Algeria plus other rarities

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Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus), Timiaouine, wilaya of Bordj Baji Mokhtar, southern Algeria, 13 October 2022 (Mourad Harzallah).

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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Blue-naped Mousebirds and Black Scrub Robins in southern Algeria

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Blue-naped Mousebird / Coliou huppé (Urocolius macrourus), Wilaya of In Guezzam, southern Algeria, 23 December 2021 (Karim Haddad).

During a recent trip to southern Algeria, members of EcoCirta found groups of Blue-naped Mousebird and two Black Scrub Robins. They are, respectively, the second and third records for Algeria. From 20 to 28 December 2021, the EcoCirta Environmental Association organized its sixth naturalist expedition to the far south of the Algerian Sahara in order

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