Site Report: Volubilis, Morocco
Volubilis
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
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Volubilis
Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
Roman Ruins
Visits
- 2025-02-27: We dropped off the guide in Meknes and continued to Volubilis, an ancient Roman ruin. We arrived there just in time to take a late-afternoon tour of the ruins. Luckily, there was a guest house just next to the ruins, so we were able to stay the night near the ruins.
- 2025-02-28: Luckily, we visited the ruins the previous afternoon. Because today was very rainy. We drove in the rain back to Fes to drop off the car. The guy pumping gas at the gas station decided that we needed premium gasoline for the car. That cost me 2 extra Euros before I figured out what was happening.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (27 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(27 records)
Class: Birds
(27 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(20 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus)
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)