All the
pictures shown below were taken during the period 2000-2003 by my (excellent)
trainee Mahmud Abdallah and I within the Palmyrean desert (using an 800 mm Sigma
telephoto lens).
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Squacco
Heron Ardeola ralloides |
Whooper
Swan Cygnus cygnus |
Greater
Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber |
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Egyptian
Vulture Neophron percnopterus |
Griffon
Vulture Gyps fulvus |
Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca |
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Bonelli's
Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus |
Pallid
Harrier Circus macrourus |
Steppe
Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus |
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Long-legged
Buzzard Buteo rufinus |
Levant
Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevips |
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni |
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Saker Falcon
Falco cherrug |
Common
Crane Grus grus |
Houbara
Bustard Chlamydotis undulata |
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Cream-coloured
Courser Cursorius cursor |
Spur-winged
Plover Hoplopterus spinosus |
Black-tailed
Godwit Limosa limosa |
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Greater
Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius |
European
Scops Owl Otus scops |
Hoopoe
Lark Alaemon alaudipes |
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Citrine
Wagtail Motacilla citreola |
Mourning
Wheatear Oenanthe lugens |
White-throated
Robin Irania gutturalis |
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Black
Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros (ochruros?) |
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica |
Cyprus
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca |
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Masked
Shrike Lanius nubicus |
Trumpeter
Finch Bucanetes githagineus |
Desert
Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta |
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Black-headed
Bunting Emberiza melanocephala |
Chamaleo
Chamaleo chamaleo |
Stenodactylus
grandiceps
|
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Ptyodactylus
cf.
guttatus |
Ptyodactylus
puiseuxi
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Desert
Monitor Varanus griseus |
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False
Cobra
Malpolon moilensis |
Cat
Snake Telescopus
nigriceps |
Horned
Viper Pseudocerastes persicus
fieldi |