Statut de certains oiseaux notamment sahéliens dans le Sahara algérien (1ère parte) [Status of certain birds in particular Sahelians in the Algerian Sahara (firts part)]
HADDAD, K., AFOUTNI, L. & CHETIBI, M. 2023. Statut de certains oiseaux notamment sahéliens dans le Sahara algérien (1ère parte) [Status of certain birds in particular Sahelians in the Algerian Sahara (firts part)]. Alauda, 91 (3): 183-192.
ABSTRACT.– Status of certain birds in particular Sahelians in the Algerian Sahara (first part).
Knowledge of the birds of Algeria has considerably progressed in recent years, especially in the south
of the country, mainly in the wilayas of Adrar, Djanet, Béchar, Bordj Badji Mokhtar, Illizi, In Guezzam,
Tamanrasset, and Tindouf. A series of surveys in southern Algeria by the authors of this work, completed
with data from other observers, resulted in the discovery of new species or stations, sometimes firsts
for the region, the country, the Maghreb, or North Africa. These include Rüppell's Warbler Sylvia ruppeli
(8-12-2018), Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (5-10-2019), Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli (9-11-
2020), African Crake Crex egregia (27-11- 2020), Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus (23-12-
2021), African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae (23-12-2021), Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas
podobe (23-12-2021) and White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia (31-01-2022). For each species,
we discuss whether the evidence suggests that they should be treated as genuine vagrants or escapes
from captivity. Southern birds are most often found in oases, gardens or farms, or wadis: where there
is abundant vegetation and water in an arid bioclimate, at altitudes ranging from 270 to 1814 meters.
This variety of species highlights the taxonomic richness and confirms the interest of prospecting this
part of the country, which is difficult to access but which has always been considered an important, though
poorly prospected, region by ornithologists of previous periods.
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