Talk:Algerian nuthatch
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Algerian nuthatch has been listed as one of the Natural sciences good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it. Review: February 1, 2022. (Reviewed version). |
This article contains a translation of Kabyle Nuthatch from fr.wikipedia. |
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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)
- Oh, really sorry about this, will get to it today. AryKun (talk) 06:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)
- "the family Sittidae" → "the nuthatch family Sittidae"
- Replaced
- "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.
- Linked
"In its habitat" → Do you mean "within its range"?
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- Link phylogenetically.
- Linked
- "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.
- Added
- "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?
- Replaced into call trials
- "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?
- Added 2015
- "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"
- Placed punctuation mark
- "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.
- Switched
- "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)