Site Report: Ouarzazate Lake

Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)

Bosc's Fringe-toed Lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus)

Bicolor Group Sahara Ant (Cataglyphis sp)

Desert

2025-02-22: We woke up a bit early to continue driving across the Sahara. Before 8:30AM, there was no traffic at all anywhere, and we made some good progress. We arrived in Ouarzazate to look at the lake. Supposedly, there used to be a bunch of ducks on the lake, but it was empty of ducks at the moment.

Kingdom: Animals (12 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Insects (1 record)

Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants (1 record)
- Family: Ants
- Bicolor Group Sahara Ants (Cataglyphis sp)

Phylum: Chordates (11 records)

Class: Birds (10 records)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Order: Perching Birds (5 records)
- Family: Larks
- Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)

Class: Reptiles (1 record)

Order: Lizards and Snakes (1 record)
- Family: Wall Lizards
- Bosc's Fringe-toed Lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus)