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- Title
First record of Pied Crow Corvus albus (Müller, 1776) in northern Algeria.
- Authors
ADAMOU, Nedjla; KHEZZANI, Bachir; ZEROUALA, Assem Abdeltawab; BENMESSAOUD, Mohamed; CHEDAD, Abdelwahab; BOUZID, Abdelhakim
- Abstract
Algeria is situated in the transition zone between two biogeographical regions, the Western Palaearctic and the Afrotropical. It covers a vast territory characterized by three main ecosystems: the Tell, the plateaux, and the Sahara. The two species of crows, the Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis and the Northern Raven Corvus corax occupy very distinct territories, the first frequenting the southern part of the Saharan Atlas and the second the northern part. The incursion of the Pied Crow Corvus albus into the territory occupied by the Northern Raven was reported for the first time when two individuals of this species were observed in a technical landfill center located between Aflou and Gueltat Sidi Saad (34°13'12" N, 2°01'33" E, 1235 m.a.s.l.) on April 06, 2023. This also shows the cohabitation of this species with the other two Crow species.
- Subjects
ALGERIA; SAHARA; CORVUS corax; CROWS; RAVENS; PALEARCTIC; LANDFILLS
- Publication
Biharean Biologist, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 2, p89
- ISSN
1843-5637
- Publication type
Article