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

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

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)[reply]
Oh, really sorry about this, will get to it today. AryKun (talk) 06:52, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No, its fine. No need to rush. 2001:4455:364:A800:F89B:52BD:1054:A25B (talk) 06:54, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • "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.
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.
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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?
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.
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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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Thanks, added and replaced page number. 2001:4455:364:A800:BD4B:4EFD:7671:13C1 (talk) 23:06, 31 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Many thanks. 2001:4455:364:A800:2997:C5A8:292E:A6C1 (talk) 11:59, 1 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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