Site Report: Bourmalne Dades, Morocco
Morocco Road
Bourmalne Dades Cliffs
Bourmalne Dades Gorge
Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes)
Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
White-crowned Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
Striped Hawkmoth (Hyles livornica)
Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) - Female
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Toadhopper (Batrachotetrix sp)
Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) - Female
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
The Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)
Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
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Morocco Road
Bourmalne Dades Cliffs
Bourmalne Dades Gorge
Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes)
Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
White-crowned Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
Striped Hawkmoth (Hyles livornica)
Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) - Female
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Toadhopper (Batrachotetrix sp)
Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) - Female
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
The Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)
Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
Desert
Visits
- 2025-02-22: After some more driving, we arrived in Bourmalne Dades. We wandered around the area visiting some cliffs as well as the town dump. The hotels on the main road were all booked or overpriced, so we drove just outside of town into the gorge which was a better idea anyway.
- 2025-02-23: We ate breakfast on the roof overlooking the gorge. After breakfast, we drove out into the desert and walked around looking for larks and sandgrouse.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (22 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records)
Class: Insects
(3 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(2 records)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- The Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Striped Hawkmoth (Hyles livornica)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Shieldback Locusts
- Toadhopper (Batrachotetrix sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(19 records)
Class: Birds
(18 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(14 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus)
- Family: Larks
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Desert Lark (Ammomanes deserti)
- Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark (Alaudala rufescens)
- Temminck's Lark (Eremophila bilopha)
- Thekla's Lark (Galerida theklae)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens)
- Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta)
- White-crowned Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Vipers and Pit Vipers
- Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes)