Brown necked raven (Corvus ruficollis Lesson, 1831) electrocution by power lines in a semi-urban ‎area in Timimoune (Southern Algeria)

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Published: Jun 30, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.57056/ajb.v5i01.156
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Corvids, Electric danger, Threatened avifauna, Sahara, North Africa

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Mohamed Belkacem

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Electrical infrastructures are considered as a remarkable anthropological pollution ‎in natural sites. Electrocution is one of the most mortal causes of birds. It occurs‎ when they perch on a conductive metal pylon, being in simultaneous contact with a cable ‎or through birds contact with two wires. In this study, we reveal this problem in a semi-urban hyper-arid region ‎in Southern Algeria. The screened site is a discharge of Timimoune city that contains a big web of electric structures. Herein, we signal a big number of brown necked raven carcasses, most likely killed by electrocution.

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Belkacem, M. (2024). Brown necked raven (Corvus ruficollis Lesson, 1831) electrocution by power lines in a semi-urban ‎area in Timimoune (Southern Algeria). Algerian Journal of Biosciences, 5(01), 024–027. https://doi.org/10.57056/ajb.v5i01.156
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Vol. 5 No. 01 (2024): Alger. j. biosciences (Jun 2024)
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