On November 4th, 2023, in the Tawendert region (20° 38' N, 2°45' E) of Algeria, near the border with Mali, members of the the Algerian Wildlife Watchers Association (AWWA) observed and photographed two individuals of the African green bee-eater Merops viridissimus perched on an acacia tree. This observation marks the first recorded sighting of this species in Algeria and in the Maghreb region as a whole.
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