Site Report: Goulmima

Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)

Desert White (Pontia glauconome)

Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae sp)

Greenish Black-Tip (Elphinstonia charlonia)

Spectacled Warbler (Curruca conspicillata)

Fulvous Chatterer (Argya fulva)

Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)

Desert

2025-02-23: We had a long drive to Merzouga, but on the way we stopped to wander around the desert for awhile. Most of these desert scrub birds were very skittish.

Kingdom: Animals (15 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (3 records)

Class: Insects (3 records)

Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants (1 record)
- Family: Thread-waisted Wasps
- Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae sp)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (2 records)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Desert White (Pontia glauconome)
- Greenish Black-Tip (Elphinstonia charlonia)

Phylum: Chordates (12 records)

Class: Birds (12 records)

Order: Perching Birds (12 records)
- Family: Larks
- Bar-tailed Lark (Ammomanes cinctura)
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Thekla's Lark (Galerida theklae)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Fulvous Chatterer (Argya fulva)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Western Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
- Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Spectacled Warbler (Curruca conspicillata)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Streaked Scrub-Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta)
- Family: Shrikes
- Great Gray Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)