Morocco - iNaturalist World Tour

Morocco is the 94th stop on the iNaturalist World Tour. The top observer, @pedrozazafernandes, has observations clustered around the capital of Rabat along with @christianlangner, @elliotgreiner, and others. To the north, @finrod, who has worked extensively in Morocco, has observations clustered around Tangier on the border with Spain. You can read more about finrd in this Observation of the Week post. Also to the north, @joaotiagotavares has observations clustered near Meilla on the border with Algeria. @ynzklkli's observations are clustered around the coastal city of Casablanca while many top observers such as @vmoser, @yayabenzvi, and @nasserhalaweh have observations clustered in the mountains around Marrakesh. @demetztobias's observations are all over but weighted towards the south. Don't miss this Observation of the Week about a Sahara Sand Viper observation by @abdellahbouazza, a PhD based at Marrakech University, in the far south along the border with the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

The number of observations per month has been increasing since near 2017 peaking in March of this year around 650 observations.

The top three identifiers are @karimhaddad, @khaledayyach, and @salahtelailia from nearby Algeria. @karimhaddad also leads in bird IDs, @finrod leads in plant IDs, and @borisb leads in insects. @jakob is the fifth top identifier and leads in mammals.

What can we do to get more people in Morocco using iNaturalist? Please share your thoughts below or on this forum thread.

@pedrozazafernandes @christianlangner @finrod @elliotgreiner @ynzklkli @vmoser @karimhaddad @khaledayyach @salahtelailia @jakob @finrod

We’ll be back tomorrow in Malawi!

Posted on September 25, 2019 11:53 PM by loarie