Birds of Morocco
Morocco hosts 292 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys
- African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Maghreb MagpiePica mauritanica
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Great TitParus major
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common SwiftApus apus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Levaillant's WoodpeckerPicus vaillantii
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactyla
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Dupont's LarkChersophilus duponti
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Atlas Pied FlycatcherFicedula speculigera
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- African HoubaraChlamydotis undulata
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalberti
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Iceland GullLarus glaucoides
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- White-faced Storm PetrelPelagodroma marina
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Plain SwiftApus unicolor
- Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
- Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs