Mongolsk Ørkendompap er en lille, lys finke med to tydelige hvide vingebånd.
Serpmetas lavamarken er Tyrkiets bedste lokalitet for arten. Stedet kan være lidt svært at finde, og derfor følger en vejviser nedenfor:
I byen Caldiran (mellem Dogubayakit og Van) findes lige syd for kasernen en jordvej, hvor et skilt viser en masse buer, heriblandst "Serpmetas 7" . Kør ad denne vej, der overfor en skole på en kort strækning kan være svært farbar p.g.a. et vandløb. Fortsæt siden et par km. langs kanalen til vejen deler sig, tag højre spor og stop midt i det store parti af lavablokke. Hvis man når frem til landsbyen Serpmetas bliver man formentligt venligt afvist af en gun-man.
Mongolian Trumpeter Finch is in Tueky best found at Serpmetas Lavafields. The site is not widely known, so i give a direction:
In the small town of Caldiran (between Van and Dogubayazit), turn left at a sign with several villages, incl. "Serpmetas 7". The sign is immediately south of a military camp. Follow the dirt road, which -when passing a school - might by difficult to pass for a short while (may be partly flooded) with a normal car (we managed without problems). Follow the track along a canal until it divides in two, and take the right track to reach the lava fields. The best area is in the middle of the lava fields: here up to 10 have been present the last week. When reaching the village of Serpmetas, you will probably be shown away by a polite gun-man.
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