A provisional checklist of the avifauna of Turaif province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Mohammed K. Al-Sadoon, Jamaan S. Ajarem, Bilal Ahamad Paray, Abdul Rahman Al-Mfarij |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Diversity Passage migrants Zoology FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE 01 natural sciences Article Checklist Turaif region Belt transect 03 medical and health sciences Kingdom 030104 developmental biology Geography lcsh:Biology (General) Habitat Seasonal breeder Species richness Avian fauna General Agricultural and Biological Sciences lcsh:QH301-705.5 Relative species abundance 010606 plant biology & botany |
| Zdroj: | Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol 27, Iss 1, Pp 74-76 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 1319-562X |
| Popis: | The richness and diversity of avian species inhabiting Turaif province of Saudi Arabia were surveyed for a period of one-year (2014–2015) using walked belt transects in different habitats of the studied area. Bird species were observed and recorded by sightings or vocal calls. A total of thirty-three bird species belonging to fifteen families were observed across all the surveys in the Turaif area. During a breeding season, species abundance was higher as compared to non-breeding season. Out of 33, eighteen species were passage migrants and fifteen species were noted as breeding residents. Family Muscicapidae which showed the highest proportion (24.24%) was represented by 8 bird species followed by family Alaudidae and family Falconidae represented by 4 species each. According to this survey relatively a fair quantity of bird species still exists in the Turaif region. This area is of significant interest in terms of conservation of birds due to higher densities of endemic, breeding or resident avian species. Keywords: Avian fauna, Diversity, Passage migrants, Turaif region |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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