Birds of Western Sahara
202 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisMost recorded
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
DunlinCalidris alpinaHotspots with the most records
- Oued Jenna94 species
- Péninsule de Dahkla (domaine générale) – veuillez utiliser des points plus spécifiques105 species
- Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra – Laayoune139 species
- Pointe de la Sarga77 species
- Gleb Jdiane93 species
- Dakhla Attitude58 species
- Baie de Dakhla – Bouthala55 species
- Phare de Dakhla58 species
- Oum el-Bouir Parc53 species
- Baie de Dakhla – plage Trouke 2558 species
All species recorded · 202
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti
- Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Desert Sparrow Passer simplex
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari