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This page lists books about birds and birdwatching in Algeria.

The books are listed by publication date with the most recent at the top.

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The Birds of Algeria / Les Oiseaux d'Algerie

Aissa Moali and Paul Isenmann

2000

Bilingual: French / English

"Annotated checklist of the 406 bird species recorded up to 1999 in Algeria. Includes information on the main landscapes of this country, a catalogue of all its bird species, a biogeographical analysis of the breeding species and the place of Algeria in the palearctic and trans-Saharan migration system. The annotated checklist provides data on the species' status, phenology, distribution, habitat and reproduction."

Birds of the Middle East and North Africa

P.A.D. Hollom, R.F. Porter, S. Christensen, I. Willis

Poyser

1988

"A field guide to the birds of the Middle East and North Africa from Morocco to Iran. It covers 700 breeding, wintering, migratory and vagrant species, with over 350 illustrated in colour and the distribution of 510 shown in distribution maps."

On the Ornithology of Algeria

J.H. Gurney

Volume 13, Issue 1, pages 68-86

Isis

1871

Opening lines:

"On the 25th of January, 1870, I disembarked at Oran, the chief town of the western province of Algeria, and a few days afterwards moved on in a coasting-steamer to Algiers. Before setting out for the Sahara, I devoted a month to collecting in the Tell, principally in the vicinity of Blida and Miliana; and it was not until the 1st of March that I finally started for the interior. The first caravanserai, properly so called, is Bougzout; the second is Ain-Oussera; the third, Guelt el Stel. The water at all these places is barely drinkable. On the 22nd of March I arrived at Laghouat, the last French outpost, the first oasis of the Sahara, a picturesque spot by reason of its tall Palms. To the northward stretch plains as far as Djelpha. Rocky mountain-ridges protect this oasis from the wind, which frequently blows the sand in overwhelming clouds."