Ammomanes deserti
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The desert lark (Ammomanes deserti) breeds in deserts and semi-deserts from Morocco to western India. It has a very wide distribution and faces no obvious threats, and surveys have shown that it is slowly increasing in numbers as it expands its range. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern".
Originally, the desert lark was classified as belonging to the genus Alauda until moved to Ammomanes. Alternate names include desert finch lark and sand lark. Found in northern Algeria, Tunisia, north-western Libya and north-western Chad Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Cairo | 🇪🇬 Egypt |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lark sighting in Cairo on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 61st most-seen of the 92 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and April
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Desert Lark in Cairo on a given day, against under 5% in May to February, the lowest months.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Desert Lark sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Cairo, in our data
Cairo is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Desert Lark sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Desert Lark is recorded against all the birds logged in Cairo (12 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
