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 |
Last updated on 8 February 2005