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Palestine (visit this page on fatfisherman.com)

Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus �Nigel Blake http://www.nigelblake.co.uk

Palestine is a name which has been widely used since Roman times to refer to the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. Other terms that have been used to refer to all or part of this area include Israel, "Greater Israel" (Hebrew Eretz Yisrael), Retenu (Ancient Egyptian) Southern Syria, Greater Syria, Arabistan, Canaan, and the Holy Land. In the broad geographical sense, Palestine refers to an area that includes contemporary Israel and the Palestinian territories, parts of Jordan, and parts of Lebanon and Syria. In the narrow sense, it refers to the area within the boundaries of the former British Mandate of Palestine (1920-1948) west of the Jordan River.

This page for Palestine refers to the State of Palestine proposed by the Palestinian National Authority.

contributor

Wikipedia
(GNU Free Documentation License)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine

numbers

Number of bird species: 470

useful information

Proact

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clubs

BirdLife Palestine

http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/national/palestinian_authority_territories/index.html
Wildlife Palestine (WLP) is an active and professional NGO working on the conservation of nature in Palestine...

Palestine Wildlife Society

http://www.wildlife-pal.org
Through the years Palestine Wildlife has proven dedication and effectiveness in raising environmental awareness throughout different Sections in the Palestinian territories...
Beit Sahour: Al baladia Street, P0 Box 89, Palestine. + 972 2 2773189 wiIdlife@palnet.com

trip reports

Travelling Birder
http://www.travellingbirder.com
The Travellingbirder.com birding trip report search engine guides you to 7,000+ birding trip reports on the Internet. You can search for trip reports from a specific country and time of year. Not all these reports are in English. So, if you can�t find the trip report you want on this Fatbirder page� give them a try!

Birds of Palestine

http://www.gazelle.8m.net/photo.html
The number of bird species found in Palestine today amounts to about 470. This is a very large and varied numbers compared with other countries, and especially so in view of the limited total land area of Palestine. There are three main reasons for the high number of bird species: a) Palestine is located on the main migration route to and from Africa of the birds of Europe and western Asia; b) Palestine has an abundant variety of environments, providing a range of habitats; c) Palestine stands at the crossroads of three continents and various climatic zones, and is the scene of interaction between three biogeographical regions...

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