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House Bunting (Emberiza sahari)

House Bunting reached the Mediterranean coast of Algeria

House Bunting (Emberiza sahari), Tissemsilt, northern Algeria (Mohamed Maรฏrif).

House Bunting found breeding at the Casbah of Algiers. It’s the first observation of this ‘southern’ species on the Mediterranean coast of the country. The House Bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a widely distributed species across North Africa from Morocco to western Libya. And itโ€™s also patchily distributed in the Sahara from Mauritania to Chad. Although …

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House Bunting finally colonised Tรฉtouan, northern Morocco

An incubating House Bunting (note the brood patch), near the Faculty of Sciences, Tรฉtouan, 29 March 2013 (Rachid El Khamlichi)

The House Bunting (Emberiza sahari) colonised Tangier in mid-2000. However, despite searching the species has never been recorded at Tรฉtouan or at any other locality in northernmost Morocco outside of Tangier. The House Bunting at Tรฉtouan was recorded thanks to Yousef El Ouahabi who had been observing them visiting his house to feed with the …

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