Scorpions Are Part of the Menu of the House Bunting Emberiza sahari Levaillant, 1850 (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Algerian Sahara
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.
Authors
- Soumia Haddad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1755-343X)
- Yassine Nouidjem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0342-0652)
- El-Yamine Guergueb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5320-7484)
- Zouatine Oumyma
Institutions
- University of Ouargla (DZ)
- University of Ghardaia (DZ)
- University Mohamed Boudiaf of M'sila (DZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Acta Zoologica Bulgarica
- Published
- 2024-09-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.71424/azb76.3.002765
- Primary Topic
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00