Talk:Algerian nuthatch

GA Review

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Reviewer: AryKun (talk · contribs) 05:12, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey there, will do soon. AryKun (talk) 05:12, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

Hey, just in case, if you're too busy with your GA nomination and a single FAC, feel free to request a second reviewer :). 2001:4455:364:A800:F89B:52BD:1054:A25B (talk) 06:48, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

Oh, really sorry about this, will get to it today. AryKun (talk) 06:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

No, its fine. No need to rush. 2001:4455:364:A800:F89B:52BD:1054:A25B (talk) 06:54, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

• "the family Sittidae" → "the nuthatch family Sittidae"

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• "measuring about 12 cm (4.7 in)" → In the body you give a range, so where is this from?

Replaced with the exact info in the body

• Link sedentary.

Linked

• Don't think seeds should be linked.

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• "the Belgian" → "a Belgian"

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• Link relict.

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"In its habitat" → Do you mean "within its range"?

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• Link phylogenetically.

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• "agronomist and ornithologist" → In the lead, you just say naturalist.

Replaced into naturalist

• "The scientists were incredulous" → Seems hyperbolic.

Removing it

• "nuthatches closer together" → What do you mean by "bring closer together"?

Removing it to be more direct instead

• "accompanied by Vielliard" → First mention of him, add first name as well.

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• "to observe broods" → "to observe nesting"

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• "which in fact turned out to be later in this mountain range with difficult climatic conditions " → Do you mean "which actually occurred later in the year due to the mountain range's difficult climatic conditions"?

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• The fledgling link could be to the Wikipedia article instead of Wiktionary.

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• "call tests" → What is a call test?

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• "Only a dozen pairs are then counted" → "Only a dozen pairs were observed"

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• "sacrifices all the same pair of adults having finished feeding their young, specimens which will be used as types" → "killed a pair of adults that had finished feeding their chicks to be used as type specimens".

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• "insect pests" → "insects"

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• In what year were they given to the National Museum?

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• "in Alauda" → "in the journal Alauda"

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• "Indeed, in ornithology, the observation of an unknown endemic species in the Mediterranean world had not occurred for almost a century, with the richly similar discovery of the Corsican nuthatch in 1883" → "A species of bird endemic to the Mediterranean had not been discovered for nearly a century since the 1883 discovery of the Corsican nuthatch"

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• "In the Palearctic as a whole, the last living bird discovered was the Afghan snowfinch (Pyrgilauda theresae), described in 1937; the Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus), described only in 1960, had indeed been discovered as early as 1929" → Remove, unnecessary.

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• "from an article in Le Monde of July 28, 1976" → "from a July 28 article in Le Monde"

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• "in the subgenus Micrositta"

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• "the Chinese Nuthatch" → Nuthatch shouldn't be capitalized.

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• "The German ornithologist Hans Löhrl indicates a certain divergence to Vaurie after studying the ecology and behaviors of American and Corsican birds, and publishing his field notes in 1960 and 1961" → This has no relation to the present species' classification and should be removed.

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• Link morphological.

Linked

• "Éric" → Why the stress on the e?

Keep forgetting about this, replaced all.

• "cytochrome-b" → "cytochrome b"

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• "The Yunnan nuthatch (Sitta yunnanensis) is not included in the study" → But you just said that Pasquet determined it was part of the canadensis group?

Oops, removed it.

• "Pasquet concludes" → "Pasquet concluded"

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• "in the Sittidae" → "among the nuthatches"

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• "would have a black front crown in males, this sexual dimorphism being absent in young individuals" → "have the front of the crown black in males, with this sexually dimorphic trait absent in juveniles."

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• "a Jay" → Shouldn't be capitalized.

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• "The Algerian nuthatch has been the subject of few studies allowing us to presume its diet" → " The Algerian nuthatch's diet has not been extensively studied."

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• Switch the places of the Xeno-canto link and cavity image.

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• "in May–June" → "from May to June"

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• "4 m (160 in) and 15 cm (5.9 in)" → Fix the conversions here, you probably meant metres to feet.

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• "The Algerian nuthatch is endemic to Algeria, and is the only bird species in this case" → " The Algerian nuthatch is the only bird endemic to Algeria"

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• "this massif having a larger population of around 350 individuals" → "which has a larger population of around 350 individuals"

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• "the research remains unsuccessful for the moment" → "has not been documented yet"

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• "1,120 m (44,000 in) altitude" → " 1,120 m (44,000 in) in altitude"

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• "Atlas Cedar" → cedar shouldn't be capitalized.

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• "offers a" → "offer a"

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• "250-999" → en-dash

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• "Algerian law places the species in Decree No. 83-509 of August 20, 1983 on protected non-domestic animal species, which lists 32 species of birds protected in Algeria" → "The species is protected in Algeria as one of 32 species listed in Decree No. 83-509 of August 20, 1983 on protected non-domestic animal species"

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• For ref 10, only page 16 should be cited. Also, add its doi (10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1409.1.1) and the actual Zootaxa link (https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.1409.1.1) would be better.

Thanks, added and replaced page number. 2001:4455:364:A800:BD4B:4EFD:7671:13C1 (talk) 23:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)

• Okay, good work, I have passed the article. AryKun (talk) 11:55, 1 February 2022 (UTC)

Many thanks. 2001:4455:364:A800:2997:C5A8:292E:A6C1 (talk) 11:59, 1 February 2022 (UTC)