Site Report: Source of Esskhounate

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Source of Esskhounate

African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) - Male

African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) - Female

Spring

2025-02-27: After visiting the dry lake, we were supposed to go to some waterfall. However, the guide had no idea where the waterfall is or the name of the waterfall, so instead, we were just wandering around in the farmlands between Fes and Meknes. Eventually, we found ourselves at this hot spring where we were barely able to turn the car around.

Kingdom: Animals (12 records)

Phylum: Chordates (12 records)

Class: Birds (12 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)

Order: Perching Birds (8 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)