A provisional checklist of the avifauna of Turaif province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Joint Authors
Paray, Bilal Ahmad
al-Mufarrij, Abd al-Rahman
Ajarim, Jaman Said
al-Sadun, Muhammad Khalid
Source
Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
Issue
Vol. 27, Issue 1 (31 Jan. 2020), pp.74-76, 3 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2020-01-31
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ajarim, Jaman Said& al-Sadun, Muhammad Khalid& Paray, Bilal Ahmad& al-Mufarrij, Abd al-Rahman. 2020. A provisional checklist of the avifauna of Turaif province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences،Vol. 27, no. 1, pp.74-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920462
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ajarim, Jaman Said…[et al.]. A provisional checklist of the avifauna of Turaif province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences Vol. 27, no. 1 (Jan. 2020), pp.74-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920462
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ajarim, Jaman Said& al-Sadun, Muhammad Khalid& Paray, Bilal Ahmad& al-Mufarrij, Abd al-Rahman. A provisional checklist of the avifauna of Turaif province, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2020. Vol. 27, no. 1, pp.74-76.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-920462
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 76
Record ID
BIM-920462