Western Sahara
Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra – Laayoune
139 species and 1,105 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 46 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Common RedshankTringa totanus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 139 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black Wheatear Oenanthe leucura
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Thekla's Lark Galerida theklae
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Moussier's Redstart Phoenicurus moussieri
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tristram's Warbler Curruca deserticola
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Atlas Wheatear Oenanthe seebohmi
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Maghreb Magpie Pica mauritanica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra – Laayoune?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 46 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra – Laayoune?
139 species, from 1,105 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Oued Saquiat Al-Hamra – Laayoune in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-headed Gull, Eurasian Coot, Common Moorhen, Pied Avocet and Common Redshank.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.