Site Report: Oukaimeden
Oukaimeden Lake
Oukaimeden Goat Herding Village
Oukaimeden Snowman
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Female
Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) - Atlas
Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
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Oukaimeden Lake
Oukaimeden Goat Herding Village
Oukaimeden Snowman
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) - Female
Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) - Atlas
Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
Lake in the mountains
Visits
- 2025-02-19: Driving in Morocco was certainly a trip. Fortunately, the roads have improved a bit in the last 30 years. We drove up to a lake in the mountains to look for some of the specialty birds. After walking around for a bit by the lake, we continued into some nearby forest. At one corner, we encountered a gang of begging kids who were very much threatening to break items off of the car. The guide wanted me to run them over...
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (18 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(18 records)
Class: Birds
(18 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(15 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Great Tit (Parus major)
- African Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Red-billed Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
- Family: Larks
- Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Rock Sparrow (Petronia petronia)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Tristram's Warbler (Curruca deserticola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Levaillant's Woodpecker (Picus vaillantii)