The Chukar Partridge (Alectoris chukar)

By Fouad Itani, The Chukar Partridge is a large game bird from the pheasant family. It measures 35 cm in length, with a wingspan of 80 cm, and an average weight of 550g. The Chukar is a grey partridge with striking black stripes on its sides and a black band across its

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Wings and Waves September 2016

Luc Hoffmann’s Memorial Ceremony in Beirut For his kindness and devotion and for his endless support to SPNL and Lebanon the Ambassador of Switzerland H.E. Mr. François Barras and SPNL have hosted a ceremony in memory of Dr. Luc Hoffmann on Tues.Oct.4th at the Ambassador of

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The Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

By Fouad Itani The Western Marsh Harrier is the largest harrier from the Accipitridae family. It measures 53 cm in length, with a wingspan of 132 cm, and an average weight of 600 g. The plumage color varies between sexes. The adult male is dark brown with yellow streaks on

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The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea)

By Fouad Itani The Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea) is a very attractive small passerine bird of the sunbird family measuring only 11cm long, with a wingspan of 15cm, and an average weight of 7g. During the breeding season the dark male has a metallic black, green and blue

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The Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza Hortulana)

By Fouad Itani, The Ortolan bunting (Emberiza hortulana) is a small passerine bird of the bunting family Emberizidae. It measures 17 cm in length and has an average weight of 23 g. The male is greenish with a yellow streaked throat and upper part, as well as orange

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Wings and Waves August 2016

Publications Homat Al-Hima Guideline Manual Download the Guideline Manual By Assad Serhal, Director General, SPNL Homat Al Hima (HH) are intrinsic to the Hima communities, the same villages and towns are inbred and inborn. The experiences Nature and Biodiversity bring to

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Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter February 2015

  Wings & Waves – SPNL’s Newsletter February 2015 Japanese Ambassador `s observation How should we tackle natural conservation of Lebanon? Seiichi Otsuka * The East Mediterranean Coastal area, a cradle of the civilizations, is blessed with nature. But

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News in Photos: Birds of Lebanon and the Middle East

Fouad Itani is a professional nature photographer from Beirut, Lebanon. He lives in Dubai,UAE. He focuses almost all of his efforts on capturing intimate images of birds in their natural habitat. Fouad is especially well known for his portraits of rare and difficult to

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