Photos / Sounds
What
Something...Observer
animalitaDate
Missing DatePlace
Missing LocationPhotos / Sounds
What
Something...Observer
animalitaDate
Missing DatePlace
Missing LocationWhat
Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)Observer
animalitaDescription
A small group close to a waterhole not far from Aousserd.
Some taxonomists count this as a subspecies of Crested Lark.
What
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)Observer
animalitaDescription
The Golden Eagle came flying towards us and landed on a cliff.
What
Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus)Observer
animalitaDescription
Early morning in Oued Jenna a flock of at least 50 Sudan Golden Sparrows was flying around.
What
Duméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard (Acanthodactylus dumerilii)Observer
animalitaDescription
The only lizard we saw during daytime in four days in the desert.
I'm not sure if it is this species or
Acanthodactylus dumerilii.
What
Anderson's Short-fingered Gecko (Stenodactylus petrii)Observer
animalitaDescription
A small gecko on the road at night.
Photos / Sounds
What
Elegant Short-fingered Gecko (Stenodactylus sthenodactylus)Observer
animalitaDescription
The first one seen on the road at 21:30 in the night.
The second 200 m from the first one a few minutes later.
The third was seen 2018-01-21 rather close to Oued Jenna ( 22.680367, -14.495726 ) on the road at night
Is it possible to see if they are Stenodactylus petrii or Stenodactylus sthenodactylus
from these crappy pictures??
What
African Sand Cat (Felis margarita ssp. margarita)Observer
animalitaDescription
The Sand Cat was discovered at the roadside but ran into the desert when we stopped the car. It moved around 600 m along the road in 40 minutes. Sometimes running, sometimes hunting.
The area was very open with nearly no bushes but some very short green vegetation.
What
Lesser Egyptian Gerbil (Gerbillus gerbillus)Observer
animalitaDescription
It was a lot of rodents along a distance of 40 km from Oued Jenna towards Dakhla. In two nights around 35 of this species.
I'm not absolutely sure about the id and would appreciate other's opinions.
What
Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor)Observer
animalitaDescription
Somewhere along the Ausserd Road. Also a juvenile bird.
What
Sudan Mastigure (Uromastyx dispar)Observer
animalitaDescription
15 - 20 individuals in the area.
What
Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura)Observer
animalitaDescription
The bird was flying around in the hotel area.
What
African Green Toad (African) (Bufotes boulengeri ssp. boulengeri)Observer
animalitaDescription
Four of these toads in shallow water with some vegetation around, even juveniles.
What
Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes)Observer
animalitaDescription
At night during night drive from Oued Jenna.
Photos / Sounds
What
Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex)Observer
animalitaDescription
Several flocks in the area, maybe 500 birds in total.
One flock landed and sat everywhere on our car for a while.
We thought it was a strange behavior.
What
Fat-tailed Gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi)Observer
animalitaDescription
One individual under a bush late at night. Despite three nights driving in the area we only manage to find this one.
What
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)Observer
animalitaDescription
On a distance of 40 km from Oued Jenna in the direction of Dakhla, we saw about ten individuals of this little handsome jerboa during a night drive.
What
White-throated Bee-Eater (Merops albicollis)Observer
animalitaDescription
A rarity for Western Sahara that stayed at Dakhla Attitude Hotel! in Dakhla Bay.