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On the migration of raptors through Yemen

Pages 29-31 | Published online: 28 Feb 2013
 

Abstract

On 9 October, 1992, over 3,000 migrating Steppe Buzzards Buteo buteo vulpinus together with smaller numbers of other raptors were observed over the Yemeni Tihamah, apparently escaping from a thunderstorm. This observation provides evidence that the flight path of soaring birds in Yemen extends over the entire Tihamah which runs parallel to the Red Sea coast and is mostly between 40 and 70 km broad.

Kurzfassung

Am 9. Oktober 1992 warden über 3.000 Steppenbussarde, Buteo buteo vulpinus, beobachtet, die zusammen mit einigen anderen Arten in der jemenitischen Tihamah nach Süden zogen. Sie wichen offenbar einem Gewitter aus. Die Beobachtung gibt einen Hinweis darauf, daß sich der Zug der gleitfliegenden Großvögel im Jemen über die ganze Breite der parallel zur Rotmeerküste verlaufenden Tihamah (meist 40 bis 70 km breit) erstreckt.

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