Birds of Mauritania
Mauritania hosts 261 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Plain SwiftApus unicolor
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- RazorbillAlca torda
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis