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Index of articles about birds (particularly rarities) and other wildlife observed in the Tamanrasset region, southern Algeria.

Status of White-rumped Seedeater in southern Algeria

White-rumped Seedeater / Serin ร  croupion blanc (Crithagra leucopygia), Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, 31 Jan. 2021 (Karim Haddad).

The White-rumped Seedeater was recorded in southern Algeria for the first two years ago by a group of Algerian naturalists. Karim Haddad visited the region again with his colleague Larbi Afoutni less than a month after their previous trip (when they recorded Blue-naped Mousebirds and Black Scrub Robins in the Wilaya of In Guezzam). In …

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First White-throated Bee-eater, Village Indigobird and Cut-throat Finch for Algeria

White-throated Bee-eater / Guรชpier ร  gorge blanche (Merops albicollis)

A recent birding trip to southern Algeria produced three new bird species for the country: White-throated Bee-eater, Village Indigobird and Cut-throat Finch. [See also the results of another group’s expedition: Blue-naped Mousebirds and Black Scrub Robins in southern Algeria]. A group of amateur and professional Algerian researchers organized a birding expedition in southern Algeria in …

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First record of Jacobin Cuckoo for North Africa

Jacobin Cuckoo / Coucou jacobin (Clamator jacobinus), Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, 5 Oct. 2019 (Karim Haddad).

Two Jacobin Cuckoos photographed at Tamanrasset in October 2019. This is the first record for Algeria and North Africa. Jacobin or Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) is distributed in Africa south of the Sahara and in India and Sri Lanka. Itโ€™s very rare in the Western Palearctic region (WP). Members of the Association EcoCirta encountered this …

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Black Scrub Robin at Tamanrasset, Algeria

Black Scrub Robin / Agrobate podobรฉ (Cercotrichas podobe), Tamanrasset region, southern Algeria, 3 May 2019 (Soufyane Bekkouche).

A Black Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) was photographed at Tamanrasset last year. It’s the first observation in Algeria in five decades. Un Agrobate podobรฉ photographiรฉ ร  Tamanrasset au sud de l’Algรฉrie le 3 mai 2019. C’est la deuxiรจme ou troisiรจme observation pour le pays. A Black Scrub Robin was photographed at Tamanrasset on 3 May …

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First White-rumped Seedeater for Algeria and W. Palearctic

White-rumped Seedeater / Serin ร  croupion blanc (Crithagra leucopygia), Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, 25 Dec 2019 (Mourad Harzallah).

White-rumped Seedeater observed at Tamanrasset, southern Algeria. This is the first record for the country and the Western Palearctic. En dรฉcembre 2019, un groupe d’ornithologues de terrain algรฉrien a dรฉcouvert le Serin ร  croupion blanc ร  Tamanrasset (les noms citรฉs ci-dessous). Plus important encore, l’รฉquipe a observรฉ un adulte nourrissant un jeune (une preuve de …

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African Silverbills at Tamanrasset, southern Algeria

African Silverbills / Capucin bec-dโ€™argent (Euodice cantans), Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, 15 Dec. 2018 (photo by KL).

The African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) is distributed mainly across the Sahel region, East Africa and in the south and south-west of the Arabian Peninsula. There are also some isolated populations on both sides of the Sahel. In the Western Palearctic, the species breeds only in southern Algeria but its status is poorly known. For example, …

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First record of Blue-naped Mousebird for Algeria

Blue-naped Mousebird / Coliou huppรฉ (Urocolius macrourus), Tamanrasset, southern Algeria, 29 July 2018 (photo via Abdelkader Beq).

A Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus) photographed in the Tamanrasset region is the first record for Algeria. Premiรจre observation du Coliou huppรฉ en Algรฉrie (en franรงais voir au dessous de la vidรฉo). The Blue-naped Mousebird was photographed and filmed at a village in the Tin-Zaouten district, located in the south of Tamanghasset province on 29 July …

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Big flock of Sudan Golden Sparrow at Tamanrasset, Algeria

Moineaux dorรฉs (Passer luteus), Tamanrasset, sud dโ€™Algรฉrie, 28 juillet 2018 (Abdelkader Beq)

A big flock of Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus) was photographed a few days ago in the Tamanrasset region, southern Algeria (Soufyane Bekkouche). A Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus) was also photographed in the same area. The birds were photographed at a village in the Tin-Zaouten district, located in the south of Tamanghasset province. The village …

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