Talk:Algerian nuthatch/GA1

GA Review
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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)


 * "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.
 * Removed


 * "the Belgian" → "a Belgian"
 * Replaced


 * Link relict.
 * Linked

"In its habitat" → Do you mean "within its range"?
 * Replaced


 * 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"
 * Replaced


 * "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"?
 * Replaced


 * The fledgling link could be to the Wikipedia article instead of Wiktionary.
 * Replaced


 * "call tests" → What is a call test?
 * Replaced into call trials


 * "Only a dozen pairs are then counted" → "Only a dozen pairs were observed"
 * Replaced


 * "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".
 * Replaced


 * "insect pests" → "insects"
 * Replaced


 * In what year were they given to the National Museum?
 * Added 2015


 * "in Alauda" → "in the journal Alauda"
 * Replaced


 * "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"
 * Replaced


 * "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.
 * Removed


 * "from an article in Le Monde of July 28, 1976" → "from a July 28 article in Le Monde"
 * Replaced


 * "in the subgenus Micrositta"
 * Placed punctuation mark


 * "the Chinese Nuthatch" → Nuthatch shouldn't be capitalized.
 * Replaced


 * "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.
 * Removed


 * Link morphological.
 * Linked


 * "Éric" → Why the stress on the e?
 * Keep forgetting about this, replaced all.


 * "cytochrome-b" → "cytochrome b"
 * Replaced


 * "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"
 * Replaced


 * "in the Sittidae" → "among the nuthatches"
 * Replaced


 * "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."
 * Replaced


 * "a Jay" → Shouldn't be capitalized.
 * Replaced


 * "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."
 * Replaced


 * Switch the places of the Xeno-canto link and cavity image.
 * Switched


 * "in May–June" → "from May to June"
 * Replaced


 * "4 m (160 in) and 15 cm (5.9 in)" → Fix the conversions here, you probably meant metres to feet.
 * Replaced


 * "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"
 * Replaced


 * "this massif having a larger population of around 350 individuals" → "which has a larger population of around 350 individuals"
 * Replaced


 * "the research remains unsuccessful for the moment" → "has not been documented yet"
 * Replaced


 * "1,120 m (44,000 in) altitude" → " 1,120 m (44,000 in) in altitude"
 * Replaced


 * "Atlas Cedar" → cedar shouldn't be capitalized.
 * Replaced


 * "offers a" → "offer a"
 * Replaced


 * "250-999" → en-dash
 * Replaced


 * "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"
 * Replaced


 * 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)
 * Many thanks. 2001:4455:364:A800:2997:C5A8:292E:A6C1 (talk) 11:59, 1 February 2022 (UTC)