Site Report: Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Questionable Road, Spain

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) - Female

Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

Eurasian Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) - Male

Dirt road

Map of Site Report: Santa Marta Steppe - Yet Another Questionable Road, Spain

2015-03-31: After we drove away from Villa Monroy, we were off the grid regarding the garmin. Anyway, the road led directly to Trujillo, not exactly where we were trying to go. We drove back to Caceres on the same route as the day before... with some new results.

Kingdom: Animals (13 records)

Phylum: Chordates (13 records)

Class: Birds (13 records)

Order: Anseriformes (1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Bustards
- Great Bustard (Otis tarda)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- Western Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)

Order: Perching Birds (7 records)
- Family: Larks
- Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
- Thekla's Lark (Galerida theklae)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Iberian Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)