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ABSTRACT While oasis settlements emerged during the Bronze Age in Eastern and Northern Arabia, the settlement process in Central Arabia was different. Excavations at al‐Yamāma—main ancient settlement of the al‐Kharj oasis (Riyadh Province, KSA)—suggest that the latter did not emerge before the second half of the first millennium BCE.
Elora Chambraud +4 more
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Courtship display behavior influences tail myology in Centrocercus minimus (Gunnison sage‐grouse)
Courtship displays among birds are widespread, particularly those which incorporate raised tail feathers for extended periods of time. The Gunnison sage‐grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is such a species. When we compared the tail muscles of the sage‐grouse to birds which do not engage in erected tail fan postures, both morphology proportional mass ...
Alexander D. Clark +3 more
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The critically endangered African white‐backed Vulture is declining rapidly across Africa due to anthropogenic threats. This study, conducted in southwest Ethiopia, quantifies its population status and reveals key habitat preferences across breeding and foraging sites. The findings provide essential data for crafting targeted conservation strategies to
Asrat Aero Mamo +2 more
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Phylogeny of Accipitridae (Aves: Accipitriformes) based on osteological characters
A família Accipitridae compreende 67 gêneros e 256 espécies globalmente distribuídas e, representada por águias, gaviões e abutres do Velho Mundo, figura como uma das linhagens mais representativas de aves não-passeriformes atuais.
Rafael Migotto, Migotto, Rafael
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The helminth fauna of the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) in northwest Russia
The challenges in researching the parasite fauna of rare and red-listed species, such as the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), render the study of accidental findings of these birds highly valuable and important.
Yakovleva Galina, Ieshko Evgeny
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The Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) is rarely seen breeding in the nests of the other raptor species. From time to time it breeds in the former nests of medium-size accipitridae like the Black Kite (Milvus migrans), Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo ...
Igor V. Karyakin, Elvira G. Nikolenko
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High colour variability in animals has been associated with adaptability to environmental change. Establishing how such variability is distributed in time and space, and identifying environmental correlates, can help understand the processes driving it.
Kaspar Delhey +4 more
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) (Aves: Accipitridae), in temperate rainforest remnants of Araucanía, southern Chile
Rivas-Fuenzalida, Tomás, H., Javier Medel, R, Ricardo Figueroa (2013): Nesting territory characteristics of a migratory South American forest hawk, the White-throated Hawk (Buteo albigula) (Aves: Accipitridae), in temperate rainforest remnants of ...
Tomás Rivas-Fuenzalida +5 more
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Vultures and Kites from Marala Wetlands
The family Accipitridae consists of approximately 254 known living species that include eagles, hawks, vultures and kites. Forty species from this family are extant in Pakistan, of which 24 are resident. Only six species from the Accipitridae family were
Zahid Bhatti +2 more
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Non-Invasive Sex Determination of Nestlings and Adult Bonelli’s Eagles Using Morphometrics
Biometric analysis allows the sexing of most vertebrates, particularly birds. Birds of prey, and, especially, the Bonelli’s eagle (Aquila fasciata), show reverse sexual dimorphism (i.e., females are usually larger than males).
Irene Estellés-Domingo +1 more
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