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Vol. 76 (3) 2024

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Scorpions Are Part of the Menu of the House Bunting Emberiza sahari Levaillant, 1850 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Algerian Sahara

Guergueb El-Yamine1, Haddad Soumia1, Zouatine Oumyma2 & Nouidjem Yassine3

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1Laboratoire “Valorisation et Conservation des Ecosystèmes Arides” (LVCEA), Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la

Vie et Sciences de la Terre, Université de Ghardaïa, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria

2Laboratoire “Bio Ressources Sahariennes, Préservation et Valorisation”, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie,

Université KASDI-Merbah, 30000 Ouargla, Algeria

3Faculty of Science, University of M’Sila, PO Box Ichebilia, 28000 M’sila, Algeria

https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.3.002765

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Abstract
The house bunting is an endemic species for North Africa and Sahara, considered to be granivorous but occasionally consuming invertebrates during the breeding period. Examination of fresh droppings collected from chicks in the Ghardaïa Province reveals, for the first time, that scorpions are part of their diet.

Key words
Emberiza sahari, birds, Ghardaïa Province, chicks’ diet, scorpion, fresh droppings

How to Cite
El-Yamine G., Soumia H., Oumyma Z. & Yassine N. 2024. Scorpions Are Part of the Menu of the House Bunting Emberiza sahari Levaillant, 1850 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Algerian Sahara. Acta zoologica bulgarica 76 (3) 445-448.

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