Birds of Morocco
404 species recorded at 27 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Rock DoveColumba livia
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusMost recorded
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European SerinSerinus serinus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosHotspots with the most records
- PN Sous-Massa – Estuaire de l'Oued MassaSuss-Massa-Draa287 species
- Embouchure du Oued SoussSuss-Massa-Draa253 species
- Vallée d'OukaïmedenMarrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz181 species
- Oued Massa – champs d'AghorimzeSuss-Massa-Draa220 species
- PN Sidi BoughabaGharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen219 species
- Merja Zerga – domaine généralGharb-Chrarda-Béni Hssen232 species
- Barrage El Mansour Eddahbi – tadamreesht – domaine généraleSuss-Massa-Draa226 species
- Dayat Dar BouazzaGrand Casablanca190 species
- Marais du BouregregRabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaër175 species
- Marais du Bas Loukkos – Marais de Douar Ain ChoukTangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima206 species
- Tagdilt TrackSuss-Massa-Draa171 species
- Oued KsabMarrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz189 species
All 27 hotspots
- Erg Chebbi – nordFès Meknès164 species
- Estuaire du Asif n'SrouSuss-Massa-Draa200 species
- PN Souss-Massa – domaine généraleSuss-Massa-Draa227 species
- Décharge de BoumalneSuss-Massa-Draa124 species
- Dayet AouaFès Meknès175 species
- Dayet SrijFès Meknès194 species
- Réserve Royale de Chasse de Ain SferjlaChaouia-Ouardigha137 species
- ) | Gorges du TodraSuss-Massa-Draa160 species
- ) | Marais du Bas Loukkos – domaine généralTangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima191 species
- Palmeraie d'IgraneFès Meknès113 species
- Barrage Mansour Eddahbi – nord-estSuss-Massa-Draa183 species
- Oued Massa – IfentarSuss-Massa-Draa183 species
- Erg Chebbi – MerzougaFès Meknès203 species
- Vallée des Oiseaux (Tagdilt Track) – ancienne pisteSuss-Massa-Draa135 species
- Cap GhirSuss-Massa-Draa195 species
All species recorded · 404
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Barbary Partridge Alectoris barbara
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Houbara Chlamydotis undulata
- Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Western Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- 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
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Slender-billed Curlew Numenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Great Skua Stercorarius skua
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- European Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
- Cape Verde Shearwater Calonectris edwardsii
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Balearic Shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
- Barolo Shearwater Puffinus baroli
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- European Shag Gulosus aristotelis
- Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- 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
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Spanish Imperial Eagle Aquila adalberti
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red Kite Milvus milvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Maghreb Owl Strix mauritanica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Levaillant's Woodpecker Picus vaillantii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Iberian Grey Shrike Lanius meridionalis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- African Blue Tit Cyanistes teneriffae
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Thick-billed Lark Ramphocoris clotbey
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Dupont's Lark Chersophilus duponti
- Dunn's Lark Eremalauda dunni
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
- African Desert Warbler Curruca deserti
- Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Moltoni's Warbler Curruca subalpina
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Dartford Warbler Curruca undata
- Common Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Atlas Pied Flycatcher Ficedula speculigera
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Desert Sparrow Passer simplex
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- 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
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Crimson-winged Finch Rhodopechys sanguineus
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus