Field Guides
10 field guides
Region
Species Group
Wadi Rum Desert
Jordan — Wadi Rum
Explore sandstone desert for agama lizards, sand boas, and desert raptors.
Atacama High Desert
Chile — Atacama
The world's driest desert with flamingos on high-altitude salt lakes.
Sahara Desert Oasis
Morocco — Merzouga
Spring migration brings Eurasian birds to Saharan oases — a desert birding hotspot.
Namib Desert Adapted Wildlife
Namibia — Skeleton Coast
Track desert-adapted elephants and lions along the Skeleton Coast's ancient river channels.
Sonoran Desert Night Life
USA — Arizona
Night herping in the Sonoran Desert reveals rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, and desert tortoises.
Arabian Desert Nocturnal
Oman — Wahiba Sands
Night drives to find Arabian oryx, sand cats, and desert foxes in the Empty Quarter's edge.
Gobi Desert Wildlife
Mongolia — South Gobi
Track snow leopards, wild Bactrian camels, and Gobi bears in Asia's harshest desert.
Kalahari Desert Meerkats
Botswana — Makgadikgadi Pans
Watch habituated meerkat families emerge from burrows at sunrise.
Australian Outback Desert
Australia — Alice Springs
Desert birding around waterholes that concentrate avian life in the Red Centre.
Thar Desert Camels & Cranes
India — Rajasthan
Demoiselle cranes winter in vast flocks at the Thar Desert's edge near Khichan village.