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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	The breeding birds of a Cork Oak forest in north-western Algeria (2011)
Auteurs :	N Mostefai, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Alauda (79(1) Janvier, 2011)
Article en page(s) :	207-213
Mots-clés :	Algérie
Résumé :	The Hafir forest is the only mature Cork Oak forest still occurring in the region of Tlemcen (north-western Algeria). This forest under heavy human pressure is fragmented and degraded. The avifauna of this forest shows the characteristics of a mature oakwood in Europe and North Africa: high species richness, high abundance of breeding birds and a majority of sedentary species. Sixty surveys allowed to contact 40 breeding species (mean point count index of 24.38). The most interesting species is the Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera (found in 2004) which is only known from Cedar forests in northern Algeria. However, the absence of Great Spotted Woodpecker * Dendrocopos major, Lesser Spotted Woodpecker * Dendrocopos minor and Coal Tit * Periparus ater (THIOLLAY & MOSTEFAI, 2004) thought to have been formerly present is perhaps the result of the present degraded status of this forest.

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