Birds of Africa's Boletim

HADDAD (K.) & AFOUTNI (L.) - Première observation du Coucou Jacobin Clamator jacobinus en Afrique du Nord. 4365, p.71-72., Alauda, volume 88 (1) 2020

On 5 October 2019, 2 individuals of the Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus were recorded in the region of Tamanrasset (Saharan Algeria) one individual was photographed. This is the first documented record of this species in Algeria, Maghreb and North Africa, where the species is a very irregular migrant and accidental winter visitor.

VIECHEC (A.) & HADDAD (K.) - First record of Moltoni's Warbler Sylvia subalpina in Algeria. 4355, p.346-347., Alauda, volume 87 (4) 2019
Between 7 and 14 April 2019, more than 10 individuals (males and females) of the Moltoni’s Warbler Sylvia
subalpina were recorded at El Borma (near the border with Tunisia) in the region of Ouargla (Saharan Algeria). This is the first documented record of this newly described species in Algeria where its status remains to be precised.