№ 1,
2016
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First find of hoopoe (Upupa epops L.) in Binagadi Pleistocene sediments of Azerbaijan
Institute of Geology and Geophysics of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, AZ1143, Baku, H.Javid av., 119
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Since May, 2012 the new third stage of researches of fauna and flora of Binagadi Pleistocene sediments has begun. As a result of excavation have been discovered new bone-bearing layers representing a dense congestion of plants, chitinous covers of insects and bones impregnated with oil at depth of 1,3-1,5 m. At detailed research of an osteological material were revealed a unique right humeral bone of a hoopoe (Upupa epops L.). It is the first find of a Pleistocene hoopoe in the territory of Azerbaijan.