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Birds of Indian Subcontinent

PLEISTOCENE BIRD FAUNA FROM BIR TARFAWI (EGYPTIAN WESTERN DESERT)

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1991
Authors:Bochenski, Z
Journal:Ostrich
Volume:62
Issue:1-2
Date Published:1991
ISBN Number:0030-6525
Keywords:Accipitridae, Ardea ibis, Ardeidae, Ardeola ibis, Bubulcus, Bubulcus ibis, Columbidae, Corvidae, Corvus, Corvus albus, Egretta ibis, Fulica, Fulica cristata, Gyps, Gyps africanus, Microcarbo, Microcarbo africanus, Neotis, Oena, Oena capensis, Phalacrocoracidae, Phalacrocorax, Phalacrocorax africanus, Pseudogyps africanus, Rallidae, Struthio, Struthio camelus, Struthionidae, Turnix
Abstract:Summary Boche?ski, Z. 1991. Pleistocene bird fauna from Bir Tarfawi (Egyptian Western Desert). Ostrich 62: 29?34. At Bir Tarfawi, an archaeological site in the Egyptian Sahara dated to about 135000 years (before present), 202 bone fragments were identified as belonging to 24 bird species or genera. Most of the material is apparently from owl pellets. The birds represent aquatic and terrestrial forms and include different zoogeoraphical elements; Afrotropical species such as Phalacrocorax africanus, Gyps africanus, cf. Neotis denfami, Fulica cristata, Oena capensis and Corvus albus, as well as Indo-African species such as cf. Bubulcus ibis and Turnix cf. sylvatica. The fossil bird remains as well as those of other vertebrates indicate that the Pleistocene ?Grey Lake 2? was surrounded by a mosaic of different aquatic and terrestrial biotopes.Summary Boche?ski, Z. 1991. Pleistocene bird fauna from Bir Tarfawi (Egyptian Western Desert). Ostrich 62: 29?34. At Bir Tarfawi, an archaeological site in the Egyptian Sahara dated to about 135000 years (before present), 202 bone fragments were identified as belonging to 24 bird species or genera. Most of the material is apparently from owl pellets. The birds represent aquatic and terrestrial forms and include different zoogeoraphical elements; Afrotropical species such as Phalacrocorax africanus, Gyps africanus, cf. Neotis denfami, Fulica cristata, Oena capensis and Corvus albus, as well as Indo-African species such as cf. Bubulcus ibis and Turnix cf. sylvatica. The fossil bird remains as well as those of other vertebrates indicate that the Pleistocene ?Grey Lake 2? was surrounded by a mosaic of different aquatic and terrestrial biotopes.
URL:http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00306525.1991.9639636
Short Title:Ostrich
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