Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 91, July 2009, pp. 1-31. | Page 10

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Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) and white oryx (Oryx leucoryx). All except
the roe deer are globally endangered. The founder animals for each species came from
both zoos and the wild, around the world. Successful reintroductions into the wild have
already been implemented for the Asiatic wild ass (starting in 1982), the fallow deer
(since 1996) and the white oryx (since 1997).

Birds:
Palestine's location on the migration route from Europe and Western Asia to Africa is
responsible for the very large number of bird species in the country. The volume of
avian travelers is so massive, in fact that their migration routes are carefully monitored,
and aircraft are forbidden to fly in these paths.
Honey buzzards (Pernis apivorus) and pelicans are among the larger migrants that fill
the skies in March and October. Coots and starlings spend winters here feasting on food
provided by Palestine's fish farms and farmland. The Palestine Sunbird or Northern
Orange-tufted Sunbird (Cinnyris oseus K