Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria
Breeding events of a waterbird species outside of their normal breeding grounds could be important to address how population changes on wintering areas are impacted by changes elsewhere in the birds’ annual cycle. In this note we confirm the first breeding record of Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeat...
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ftunivcapetoojs:oai:ojs.uct.ac.za:article/1210 2024-01-14T10:09:25+01:00 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria Slimane, Ayeb Ali, Elafri Telailia, Salah 2023-02-24 application/pdf https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210 eng eng Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210/849 https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210 Copyright (c) 2023 Ayeb Slimane, Elafri Ali, Salah Telailia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Biodiversity Observations; Vol. 13 (2023); 142-145 2959-3441 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2023 ftunivcapetoojs 2023-12-19T01:32:36Z Breeding events of a waterbird species outside of their normal breeding grounds could be important to address how population changes on wintering areas are impacted by changes elsewhere in the birds’ annual cycle. In this note we confirm the first breeding record of Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata in Algeria. The breeding site was a saline lake, Sebkhet El-mahmel, located 180 km from the Mediterranean Sea and subject to a semi-arid climate. The area was visited on 16 June 2019 and the species was confirmed as a pair of Northern Shoveler accompanied by eight juveniles. The Northern Shoveler is an unmistakable waterbird species in the northern hemisphere due to its distinctive bill. The female and her juveniles looked healthy and they spent almost the entire daytime foraging and swimming. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Shoveler Shoveler UCT Open Access Journals (University of Cape Town) Saline Lake ENVELOPE(-111.528,-111.528,57.081,57.081) |
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Breeding events of a waterbird species outside of their normal breeding grounds could be important to address how population changes on wintering areas are impacted by changes elsewhere in the birds’ annual cycle. In this note we confirm the first breeding record of Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata in Algeria. The breeding site was a saline lake, Sebkhet El-mahmel, located 180 km from the Mediterranean Sea and subject to a semi-arid climate. The area was visited on 16 June 2019 and the species was confirmed as a pair of Northern Shoveler accompanied by eight juveniles. The Northern Shoveler is an unmistakable waterbird species in the northern hemisphere due to its distinctive bill. The female and her juveniles looked healthy and they spent almost the entire daytime foraging and swimming. |
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Slimane, Ayeb Ali, Elafri Telailia, Salah |
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Slimane, Ayeb Ali, Elafri Telailia, Salah Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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Slimane, Ayeb Ali, Elafri Telailia, Salah |
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Slimane, Ayeb |
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for Algeria |
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northern shoveler spatula clypeata: a possible first breeding record for algeria |
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town |
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2023 |
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https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210 |
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ENVELOPE(-111.528,-111.528,57.081,57.081) |
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Northern Shoveler Shoveler |
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Northern Shoveler Shoveler |
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Biodiversity Observations; Vol. 13 (2023); 142-145 2959-3441 |
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https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210/849 https://journals.uct.ac.za/index.php/BO/article/view/1210 |
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Copyright (c) 2023 Ayeb Slimane, Elafri Ali, Salah Telailia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
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