Site Report: El Cotillo Plain
El Cotillo Fingers of God
Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
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El Cotillo Fingers of God
Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)
Common Raven (Corvus corax)
Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Desert plains next to the ocean.
Visits
- 2015-03-23: After a long series of flights from Longyearbyen to Tromso to Oslo to Las Palmas to Fuerteventura, we drove over to the northwest portion of the island. We were in search of bustards and also a restaurant that we heard about from one of our eclipse group. We had been searching for the bustard amongst bustard-colored rocks, shrubs, and sand for quite awhile before finding one less than ten feet away from where we were looking.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (10 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(10 records)
Class: Birds
(9 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Bustards
- Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(1 record)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Common Raven (Corvus corax)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Hedgehogs
(1 record)
- Family: Hedgehog
- North-African Hedgehog (Atelerix algirus)