Birds to See in Morocco in April
175 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Rock Dove. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, European Pied Flycatcher, Little Tern and Golden Oriole and 8 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Morocco’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 175 birds in April
175 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.23% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.18% in Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.10% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.03% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.00% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.94% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.91% in Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.70% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.69% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.63% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.62% in Apr
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Apr
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.45% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Apr
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.29% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Apr
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.25% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Apr
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.21% in Apr
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Apr
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Apr
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.16% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Apr
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Apr
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Apr
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.10% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Apr
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.09% in Apr
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Apr
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Apr
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Apr
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Apr
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.02% in Apr
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Apr
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Apr
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.02% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Apr
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Apr
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Apr
European ShagGulosus aristotelisPassage migrantRare65–80 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.01% in Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made