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Central Asia Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 20) on which this species has been seen. Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the 2018 tour. Column C: Maximum daily count for this species on the 2018 tour. Column D: H = Heard only; (H) = seen but mostly heard A B C D 20 Greylag Goose 1 4 Anser anser 18 Mute Swan 2 7 Cygnus olor 18 Whooper Swan 2 20 Cygnus cygnus 20 Shelduck 3 40 Tadorna tadorna 20 Ruddy Shelduck 6 5 Tadorna ferruginea 20 Garganey 5 30 Spatula querquedula 20 Northern Shoveler 4 8 Spatula clypeata 20 Gadwall 5 6 Mareca strepera 9 Wigeon Mareca penelope 20 Mallard 9 6 Anas platyrhynchos 17 Northern Pintail 1 4 Anas acuta 14 Common Teal 1 2 Anas crecca 10 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris 20 Red-crested Pochard 7 10 Netta rufina 20 Pochard 3 20 Aythya ferina 20 Ferruginous Duck 3 20 Aythya nyroca 19 Tufted Duck 3 3 Aythya fuligula 1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 10 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 1 Smew Mergellus albellus 6 Goosander Mergus merganser 20 White-headed Duck 2 9 Oxyura leucocephala 20 Himalayan Snowcock 1 5 Tetraogallus himalayensis 20 Chukar 5 6 Alectoris chukar 11 Grey Partridge 1 2 Perdix perdix 18 Common Quail 1 1 H Coturnix coturnix 16 'White-winged' Common Pheasant 2 4 Phasianus colchicus zerafschanicus 19 'Kirghiz' Common Pheasant 2 1 Phasianus colchicus mongolicus 17 Little Grebe 2 2 Tachybaptus ruficollis 20 Red-necked Grebe 1 2 Podiceps grisegena ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Asia Cumulative Bird List… 2 20 Great Crested Grebe 5 20 Podiceps cristatus 18 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 19 Black-necked Grebe 3 45 Podiceps nigricollis 8 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber 12 Black Stork 2 1 Ciconia nigra 20 White Stork 1 100 Ciconia ciconia 17 Glossy Ibis 1 20 Plegadis falcinellus 9 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 20 Eurasian Bittern 2 1 Botaurus stellaris 12 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minus 17 Black-crowned Night Heron 6 15 Nycticorax nycticorax 20 Grey Heron 10 10 Ardea cinerea 20 Purple Heron 2 7 Ardea purpurea 20 Great Egret 7 20 Ardea alba 15 Little Egret 2 1 Egretta garzetta 9 Great White Pelican 1 60 Pelecanus onocrotalus 20 Dalmatian Pelican 5 50 Pelecanus crispus 20 Pygmy Cormorant 1 37 Microcarbo pygmeus 20 Great Cormorant 9 200 Phalacrocorax carbo 5 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus 20 Lammergeier 2 2 Gypaetus barbatus 18 Egyptian Vulture 1 2 Neophron percnopterus 8 European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus 9 Crested Honey Buzzard 4 10 Pernis ptilorynchus orientalis 18 Himalayan Vulture 1 4 Gyps himalayensis 20 Griffon Vulture 2 10 Gyps fulvus 20 Cinereous Vulture 3 2 Aegypius monachus 17 Short-toed Eagle 1 1 Circaetus gallicus 6 Great Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga 19 Booted Eagle 3 6 Hieraaetus pennatus 17 Steppe Eagle 2 1 Aquila nipalensis 7 Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca 19 Golden Eagle 2 1 Aquila chrysaetos 20 Shikra 8 5 Accipiter badius 20 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 6 3 Accipiter nisus 4 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 20 Western Marsh Harrier 11 20 Circus aeruginosus 1 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 20 Pallid Harrier 2 6 Circus macrourus 20 Montagu's Harrier 1 1 Circus pygargus 20 Black Kite 11 200 Milvus migrans lineatus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Asia Cumulative Bird List… 3 9 White-tailed Eagle 3 4 Haliaeetus albicilla 20 Long-legged Buzzard 6 20 Buteo rufinus 19 'Steppe' Common Buzzard 4 1 Buteo buteo vulpinus 20 Macqueen’s Bustard 2 3 Chlamydotis macqueenii 12 Water Rail 2 1 Rallus aquaticus 1 Corncrake Crex crex 1 Little Crake Porzana parva 1 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla 20 Common Moorhen 3 2 Gallinula chloropus 20 Eurasian Coot 6 30 Fulica atra 20 Demoiselle Crane 3 6 Grus virgo 3 Eurasian Stone Curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 15 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20 Ibisbill 1 1 Ibidorhyncha struthersii 20 Black-winged Stilt 8 20 Himantopus himantopus 19 Pied Avocet 2 60 Recurvirostra avosetta 20 Northern Lapwing 5 20 Vanellus vanellus 18 Sociable Plover 2 21 Vanellus gregarius 19 White-tailed Plover 2 3 Vanellus leucurus 1 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 12 Grey Plover 2 11 Pluvialis sqatarola 13 Common Ringed Plover 1 8 Charadrius hiaticula 20 Little Ringed Plover 3 3 Charadrius dubius 20 Kentish Plover 3 6 Charadrius alexandrinus 1 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus 19 Greater Sand Plover 1 7 Charadrius leschenaultii 12 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 7 Whimbrel 1 1 Numenius phaeopus 8 Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata 2 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 20 Black-tailed Godwit 3 3 Limosa limosa 13 Turnstone 1 2 Arenaria interpres 20 Ruff 2 750 Calidris pugnax 19 Curlew Sandpiper 3 15 Calidris ferruginea 18 Temminck’s Stint 6 15 Calidris temminckii 4 Sanderling Calidris alba 18 Dunlin 3 200 Calidris alpina 20 Little Stint 4 200 Calidris minuta 3 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 5 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 20 Terek Sandpiper 3 60 Xenus cinereus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Asia Cumulative Bird List… 4 20 Red-necked Phalarope 3 150 Phalaropus lobatus 20 Common Sandpiper 7 5 Actitis hypoleucos 8 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 20 Common Redshank 4 20 Tringa totanus 20 Marsh Sandpiper 2 5 Tringa stagnatilis 18 Wood Sandpiper 4 25 Tringa glareola 13 Spotted Redshank 4 45 Tringa erythropus 12 Greenshank 4 2 Tringa nebularia 18 Collared Pratincole 2 2 Glareola pratincola 20 Black-winged Pratincole 2 70 Glareola nordmanni 20 Slender-billed Gull 4 50 Chroicocephalus genei 20 Black-headed Gull 10 200 Chroicocephalus ridibundus 12 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 20 Pallas's Gull 1 600 Icthyyaetus ichthyaetus 17 Common Gull 1 1 Larus canus 20 Caspian Gull 8 50 Larus cachinnans 2 'Heuglin's' Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus heuglini 20 'Steppe' Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 150 Larus fuscus barabensis 18 Gull-billed Tern 3 4 Gelochelidon nilotica 19 Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia 20 Little Tern 4 15 Sternula albifrons 20 Common Tern 10 20 Sterna hirundo 8 Whiskered Tern 1 4 Chlidonias hybridus 20 White-winged Black Tern 2 1000 Chlidonias leucopterus 20 Black Tern 4 75 Chlidonias niger 1 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus 17 Pallas's Sandgrouse 3 2 Syrrhaptes paradoxus 7 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata 20 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 6 35 Pterocles orientalis 20 Rock Dove 16 300 Columba livia 10 Stock Dove Columba oenas 20 Yellow-eyed Stock Dove 1 3 Columba eversmanni 20 Wood Pigeon 6 6 Columba palumbus 17 European Turtle Dove 3 2 Streptopelia turtur 20 Oriental Turtle Dove 10 9 Streptopelia orientalis 20 Collared Dove 10 1 Streptopelia decaocto 20 Laughing Dove 9 2 Streptopelia senegalensis 20 Common Cuckoo 13 10 Cuculus canorus 5 Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei 8 Scops Owl Otus scops 2 Eagle Owl Bubo bubo ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Central Asia Cumulative Bird List… 5 6 Tawny Owl Strix aluco harmsi 19 Little Owl 3 5 Athene noctua bactriana 13 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 14 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus 13 European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus sarudnyi 20 Alpine Swift 1 40 Tachymarptis melba 20 Common Swift 10 400 Apus apus 20 Eurasian Roller 12 35 Coracias garrulus 20 Common Kingfisher 3 2 Alcedo atthis 20 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 3 15 Merops persicus 20 European Bee-eater 10 25 Merops apiaster 20 Eurasian Hoopoe 12 8 Upupa epops 3 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 13 Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 1 1 Picoides tridactylus tianschanicus 20 White-winged Woodpecker 3 1 Dendrocopos leucopterus 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos major 19 Lesser Kestrel 1 15 Falco naumanni 20 Common Kestrel 16 9 Falco tinnunculus 20 Red-footed Falcon 2 50 Falco vespertinus 14 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius 20 Eurasian Hobby 7 5 Falco subbuteo 5 Saker Falco cherrug 2 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 16 Red-backed Shrike 3 2 Lanius collurio 1 Daurian Shrike Lanius isabellinus 20 Turkestan Shrike 6 16 Lanius phoenicuroides 20 Long-tailed Shrike 2 1 Lanius schach 20 Lesser Grey Shrike 6 3 Lanius minor 19 Steppe Grey Shrike 3 2 Lanius pallidirostris 20 Golden Oriole 4 3 Oriolus oriolus 4 Indian Golden Oriole 1 1 Oriolus kundoo 19 Indian Paradise Flycatcher 2 1 Terpsiphone paradisi 20 Magpie 16 30 Pica pica 20 Pander's Ground-Jay 1 13 Podoces panderi 16 Eurasian Nutcracker 2 7 Nucifraga caryocatactes 20 Red-billed Chough 2 2 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 19 Alpine Chough 1 1 Pyrrhocorax graculus 20 Eurasian Jackdaw 12 20 Corvus monedula 19 Rook 13 500 Corvus frugilegus 20 Carrion Crow 11 30 Corvus corone orientalis 20 Hooded Crow 2 30 Corvus cornix ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. 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    République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique Université Larbi Ben M’hidi Oum El Bouaghi Faculté Des Sciences Exactes et des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie Département des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie Thèse Présentée en vue de l’obtention du diplôme Doctorat LMD en Sciences de la nature Option: Structure et dynamique des écosystèmes Théme INVENTAIRE ET ECOLOGIE DES OISEAUX FORESTIERS DE DJEBEL SIDI REGHIS (OUM EL BOUAGHI) Présentée par : Mr.REBBAH Abderraouf Chouaib Membres du Jury: Président: BELAIDI Abdelhakim Pr (Université Larbi Ben Mhidi, Oum El-Bouaghi). Promoteur : SAHEBMenouar Pr (Université Larbi Ben Mhidi, Oum El-Bouaghi). Examinateurs: ABABSA Labed Pr (Université Larbi Ben Mhidi, Oum El-Bouaghi). Examinateurs: HOUHAMDI Moussa Pr (Université de Guelma). Examinateurs: OUAKID Mohamed Laid Pr (Université d’Annaba). Année universitaire: 2018-2019 << ِ ِ أَﻟَْﻢ ﺗَ َﺮ أَ ﱠن ﱠاﻪﻠﻟَ ﻳُﺴَﺒِّ ُﺢ ﻟَﻪُ ﻣَ ْﻦ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺴﱠﻤَ َﺎوات َو ْاﻷَ ْر ِض َواﻟﻄﱠْﻴ ُﺮ ٍ ۖ◌ ِ ِ ۗ◌ ِ ِ ﺻَ ﺎ ﻓ ـﱠ ﺎ ت ُﻛ ﻞﱞ ﻗَ ْﺪ ﻋَ ﻠ ﻢَ ﺻَ َﻼ ﺗَ ﻪُ َو ﺗَ ْﺴ ﺒ ﻴ ﺤَ ﻪُ َو ﱠاﻪﻠﻟُ ﻋَﻠﻴﻢٌ ﺑﻤَﺎ ﻳَﻔْ َﻌﻠُ َﻮن >> ﺳﻮرة اﻟﻨﻮراﻷﻳﺔ 41 Dédicaces Je dédie ce travail à : A mes parents qui m’ont tout donné, et qui étaient toujours la à coté de moi dans chaque pats depuis le premier crie pour m’aidé, m’orienté avec leurs amour et leurs sacrifices, malgré les couts dures de la vie. Aucun hommage ne pourrait être à la hauteur de l’amour Dont ils ne cessent de me combler.
  • Partridges, Quails, Pheasants and Turkeys Phasianidae Vigors, 1825: Zoological Journal 2: 402 – Type Genus Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

    Partridges, Quails, Pheasants and Turkeys Phasianidae Vigors, 1825: Zoological Journal 2: 402 – Type Genus Phasianus Linnaeus, 1758

    D .W . .5 / DY a 5D t w[ { wt Ç"" " !W5 í ÇI &'(' / b ù b a L w 5 ! ) " í "* " Ç t+ t " h " * { b ù" t* &)/&0 Order GALLIFORMES: Game Birds and Allies The order of galliform taxa in Checklist Committee (1990) appears to have been based on Peters (1934). Johnsgard (1986) synthesised available data, came up with similar groupings of taxa, and produced a dendrogram indicating that turkeys (Meleagridinae) were the most primitive (outside Cracidae and Megapodiidae), with grouse (Tetraoninae), guineafowl (Numidinae), New World quails (Odontophorinae) and pheasants and kin (Phasianinae) successively more derived. Genetic evidence (DNA-hybridisation data) provided by Sibley & Ahlquist (1990) suggested Odontophorinae were the most basal phasianoids and guineafowl the next most basal group. A basal position of the New World quails among phasianoids has been supported by other genetic data (Kimball et al. 1999, Armstrong et al. 2001). A recent analysis based on morphological characters (Dyke et al. 2003) found support for megapodes as the most basal group in the order, then Cracidae, then Phasianidoidea, and within the latter, Numididae the most basal group. In contrast to the above genetic-based analyses, Dyke et al. (2003) found the Odontophorinae to be the most derived group within the order. A recent analysis using both mitochondrial ND2 and cytochrome-b DNA sequences, however, reinforces the basal position of the Odontophorinae (Pereira & Baker 2006). Here we follow a consensus of the above works and place Odontophorinae basal in the phasianids. Worthy & Holdaway (2002) considered that Cheeseman’s (1891) second-hand record of megapodes from Raoul Island, Kermadec Group, before the 1870 volcanic eruption has veracity.
  • Decline in Vertebrate Biodiversity in Bethlehem, Palestine

    Decline in Vertebrate Biodiversity in Bethlehem, Palestine

    Volume 7, Number 2, June .2014 ISSN 1995-6673 JJBS Pages 101 - 107 Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences Decline in Vertebrate Biodiversity in Bethlehem, Palestine Mazin B. Qumsiyeh1,* , Sibylle S. Zavala1 and Zuhair S. Amr2 1 Faculty of Science, Bethlehem University 9 Rue des Freres, Bethlehem, Palestine. 2 Department of Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. Received: December 10, 2013 Revised: January 15, 2014 Accepted: January 20, 2014 Abstract Our data showed that in the 1960s/1970s some 31 species of mammals and 78 species of birds were present in the area of the Bethlehem governorate, between Bethlehem and Deir Mar Saba. Comparison with observations done in 2008-2013 showed significant declines in vertebrate biodiversity in this area, which has increasingly become urbanized, with an increase in temperature and a decrease in annual rainfall over the past four decades. Keywords: Biodiversity, Palestine, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles. the human pressure in all areas (ARIJ, 1995). However, 1. Introduction the impact of these changes on nature was not studied. To estimate the impact of this human development Research on vertebrate biodiversity in the occupied on nature is difficult. Most studies of fauna and flora of West Bank is limited compared to that in the nearby the area South of Jerusalem (Bethlehem Governorate) areas of Palestine and Jordan; Palestinian research in was done by Western visitors who came on short trips to general still lags behind (Qumsiyeh and Isaac, 2012). tour the "Holy Land". One of the first native More work is needed to study habitat destruction Palestinians who engaged in faunal studies was Dr.