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  • Mouette scopuline

    The Silver Gull (scopulinus) is roughly the same size as the laughing gull (Larus ridibundus). Its back and wings are a dark gray, its underside, rump, and tail feathers are white, and the wings have a characteristic pattern (black primary feathers with a white spot in the center of the outer primaries). The beak and legs are red, distinguishing it from its sister species, the Buller's gull (see this sheet). As is the case with Buller's gull, adult Silver Gulls have light eyes while young ones have dark eyes. In addition, ... read more (Rédigé par Georges Olioso)

  • Trogon de Whitehead

    It was Richard Bowdler Sharpe, a British ornithologist (1847-1909) who described this trogon and named it Harpactes whiteheadi, in honour of John Whitehead (1830-1899), a British explorer who discovered this species during his travels to Borneo in 1884. Bird enthusiasts will recognize the same strain of name with the Firecrest, whose scientific name is Sitta whiteheadi, discovered by the same Whitehead in 1882. Whitehead's Trogon is 30 cm long with distinct dimorphism in appearance; the male has black lores and throat, a ... read more (Rédigé par Anne et Gabriel Leboff)

  • Trogon de Diard

    When Pierre Médard Diard (1794-1863) and Alfred Duvaucel (1793-1825) left for India, our two French ornithologists did not know they would give their names to two of the most beautiful Asian trogons: Duvaucel's Trogon and Diard's Trogon. Pierre Médard Diard traveled extensively in Asia; he became one of the first Europeans to see Angkor, and while working for the Dutch he sent his collections to Jacob Temminck (1778-1858), who honored him by naming our trogon after him. A large trogon of 34 cm with a distinct dimorphism, ... read more (Rédigé par Anne et Gabriel Leboff)

The latest articles

  • Bonjour, Pour faire suite à mon article de 2020 sur la réintroduction du Vautour moine ( Aegypius monachus ) en Bulgarie, une bien triste et révoltante nouvelle est tombée au printemps dernier. Les signaux des balises GPS de 3 des derniers oiseaux réintroduits en milieu naturel en 2020 et 2021 et du premier jeune Vautour moine né enfin en mai 2021 sur le territoire bulgare après 30 ans d’absence de reproduction, sont soudainement restés immobiles près du village de Ticha dans la zone montagneuse de Sliven au ... lire la suite(Un article de Lucile Colmiche)

  • Lucile Colmiche

    Cette année encore la famille de Vautours percnoptères de Provadia est observable en ligne. Le 1er œuf a éclos le 1er juin. Un petit coup d'oeil régulièrement permet de voir l'évolution des jeunes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy_xuF170u4 ... lire la suite(Un article de Lucile Colmiche)

  • Lucile Colmiche

    Bonjour, j’espère que la pandémie de Covid vous aura épargnés ainsi que vos proches. Mon dernier article publié en mai 2020 traitait de la pollution aux hydrocarbures dans la zone de reproduction de Branta Ruficollis dans le nord de la Sibérie. Officiellement, la nappe aurait été stoppée en amont de la zone cruciale, laissant à supposer qu’il n’y aurait pas eu de conséquences sur la reproduction. Cependant, les comptages hivernaux de l’organisation « Save Branta » sont loin ... lire la suite(Un article de Lucile Colmiche)

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