Catalogue of the birds of the province of Murcia (Spain)

Calvo, José F.; Hernández-Navarro, Antonio Jesús; Robledano, Francisco; Esteve, Miguel Á.; Ballesteros, Gustavo Garabito; Fuentes, Antonio Rodríguez; García-Castellanos, Francisco Alberto; González-Revelles, Carlos; Guardiola, A. Fernández; Hernández, Vicente; Howard, Richard; Martínez, José Enrique; Zamora, Antonio; Zamora, José Manuel

doi:10.6018/analesbio.39.02

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“…Already in the 19th century a similar distribution was mentioned, with great abundance in Algeria (Degland and Gerbe, 1867). The species also inhabits some areas in the Iberian peninsula, mainly in the southwestern sector, and its presence in the south east is marginal or occasional only (Alonso, 1997;Bernis, 1989;Tellería et al, 1999; Roviralta, 2003;SEO/BirdLife, 2012;De Juana and Garcia, 2015;Calvo et al, 2017). Despite its English common name, for unknown reasons, the Spanish sparrow in Spain has undergone marked fluctuations in both population abundance and distribution since the second half of the 19th century, being prone to abandon colonies and establish new ones (De Juana and Garcia, 2015).…”

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“…Males of the two species are somewhat more distinct, and more showy in spring in both cases (see De Juana and Varela, 2000;Summers-Smith, 1988, 2009Del Hoyo and Collar, 2016). The house sparrow is widely distributed throughout Iberia, including the southeastern sector (Bernis, 1989;Tellería et al, 1999;Molina, 2003;SEO/BirdLife, 2012;De Juana and Garcia, 2015;Calvo et al, 2017). This scenario was the same in the second half of the 19th century (Reyes, 1886;Arévalo, 1887) and we may infer that it was similar in the 18th century (see Ferrero-García et al, 2014).…”

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The mysterious bird outbreak of 1779 in southeastern Iberian peninsula: a massive irruption of the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis from Africa?

Ferrero-García¹,

Torres‐Vila²,

Bueno³

2018

Anim. Biodiv. Conserv.

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The mysterious bird outbreak of 1779 in southeastern Iberian peninsula: a massive irruption of the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis from Africa? Several current and past bibliographical references mention the sudden pest outbreak of a mysterious sparrow-like bird in the southeastern Iberian peninsula in 1779. Based on these references, we investigated unpublished documentary sources from various historical archives that reflected the actions carried out by public authorities against the bird pest. Some narratives come from direct witnesses who sometimes provided relevant data on the origin and biology of the birds involved. From the analysis and interpretation of these data, it was clear that the bird outbreak was caused by an unusual passerine in southeastern Iberia. In May 1779, birds irrupted in large numbers into several localities in the current provinces of Alicante, Murcia and Almería, probably coming from North Africa. Damage caused to cereal crops was meaningful and the extraordinary alarm generated in the people motivated the intervention of both local authorities and government institutions. The birds formed large arboreal colonies, building multiple nests per tree. We discuss different hypotheses related to the taxonomic position of these birds within the Ploceidae and Passeridae families. The bird species whose distribution, morphology, life characteristics and behaviour agrees best with the testimonies analysed is the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis. We propose that this sparrow could be the protagonist of this historic bird pest outbreak.

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Section: Municipalitymentioning

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Section: Municipalitymentioning

confidence: 93%

The mysterious bird outbreak of 1779 in southeastern Iberian peninsula: a massive irruption of the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis from Africa?

Ferrero-García¹,

Torres‐Vila²,

Bueno³

2018

Anim. Biodiv. Conserv.

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“…In compliance with the European Birds and Habitats Directives, 22 Special Protection Areas for birds have been designated in the region (Abellán et al., 2011). Nowadays, as a result of the climatic gradient and the different ecosystems, the breeding bird community of the study area consists of around 120 species (Calvo et al., 2017).…”

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Evaluating temporal turnover in avian species richness in a Mediterranean semiarid region: Different responses to elevation and forest cover

Jiménez‐Franco,

Kéry,

León‐Ortega

et al. 2023

Diversity and Distributions

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AimWhen studying the effects of global change on biodiversity, it is far more common for the effects of climate change and land‐use changes to be assessed separately rather than jointly. However, the effects of land‐use changes in recent decades on species richness in areas affected by climate change have been less studied. We assess the temporal turnover in species richness of an avian community between a historical period and a modern one as a consequence of global change.LocationSemiarid Mediterranean ecosystem (southeastern Spain).MethodWe fitted a hierarchical multispecies occupancy model for each period (1991–1992, and 2012–2017), obtaining avian species‐specific estimates of occupancy probability in relation to environmental covariates (elevation and forest cover). We analyse the relationships between changes in the bird community and environmental variables, analysing the temporal turnover of the species richness and the richness‐based species‐exchange ratio.ResultsThe estimated species richness accounting for detectability was higher than observed species richness, and decreased in the more recent period. Following our hypotheses, we observed a dual pattern of species richness increase associated with different elevations, showing different species turnover rates due to the joint effects of climate change and land‐use change. There is a trend towards greater species richness with higher elevations that is associated with climate change, where the species turnover rate is low. Also, species richness increased towards lower elevations, but with a high turnover rate. The latter can be due to species expansions throughout new habitat configurations in bordering forest systems associated with anthropic land‐use changes.ConclusionsOur study is of great interest to understand the temporal turnover of avian species richness associated with areas experiencing both climate and land‐use change.

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“…diversity mentioned in other areas in Europe such as a Mediterranean semiarid region in Murcia (SE Spain) with 339 species recorded[68].…”

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Large-Scale Monitoring of Bird Communities along an Altitudinal Gradient in Two Central High Atlas Valleys

Mounir,

Dakki,

Douini

et al. 2024

International Journal of Zoology

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Altitude is one of the determinant factors that influence the spatial distribution of birds and their species richness. However, few investigations studied its influence on African bird communities over a wide gradient in North Africa. Considering this knowledge gap, 194 sampling points were carried out along altitudinal gradient (773 to 2595 m) in two adjacent mountainous valleys in the Central High Atlas of Beni Mellal in Morocco, Aït Bouguemmaz (AB), and Ahançal (OA). Each valley was divided into three altitudinal intervals (low, medium, and high zones). For each spatial subdivision, we studied the phenological cycle, in the sense that each valley underwent a four-season monitoring, during 2018 and 2019. The results showed 131 species in the study area in 43 families; both valleys had similar community richness, but they differed by the phenological status of their species. Indeed, the increase in altitude led to a decrease in bird species richness, while it does not show any correlation with abundance. In addition, richness and abundance increased during the high-productivity seasons (i.e., spring and summer). Although these results were expected, they provide an opportunity to compare these results with higher latitude communities in Europe and to better focus future large-scale investigations on the combined influence of latitude and altitude on birds.

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Catalogue of the birds of the province of Murcia (Spain)

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

The mysterious bird outbreak of 1779 in southeastern Iberian peninsula: a massive irruption of the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis from Africa?

The mysterious bird outbreak of 1779 in southeastern Iberian peninsula: a massive irruption of the Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis from Africa?

Evaluating temporal turnover in avian species richness in a Mediterranean semiarid region: Different responses to elevation and forest cover

Large-Scale Monitoring of Bird Communities along an Altitudinal Gradient in Two Central High Atlas Valleys

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