Bird diversity and Annotated Checklist of Afrotropical species in Timiaouine, Northern Part of Adrar Ifoghas (Algeria).

Abstract

The effort to uncover avifauna in the extreme south of Algeria has been concentrated within the Timiaouine region. The region of Timiaouine is an understudied area in the extreme south of Algeria and northern part of Adrar of Ifoghas. 67 species were recorded, belonging to 32 families and 12 orders. The African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) recorded for the first time in Algeria. Additionally, there is a noteworthy mention of eleven Afrotropical bird species (Clamator jacobinus, Pterocles exustus, Oena capensis, Urocolius macrourus, Merops albicollis, Dendropicos elachus, Eremopterix nigriceps, Eremalauda dunni, Spiloptila clamans, Lamprotornis pulcher, Cercotrichas podobe, Passer griseus and Corvus albus) that were either newly observed or rarely documented in the extreme southern region of Algeria.