Birds to See in Morocco in August
133 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow and Cattle Egret. New this month: European Pied Flycatcher, Nightingale, Northern Shoveler and Willow Warbler and 27 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 133 birds in August
133 birds
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.00% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Aug
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Aug
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.40% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.25% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.23% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.18% in Aug
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.06% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Aug
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.96% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Aug
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.86% in Aug
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Aug
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.58% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.55% in Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Aug
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.48% in Aug
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Aug
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.48% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Aug
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Aug
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.32% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.31% in Aug
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Aug
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Aug
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Aug
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Aug
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.19% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Aug
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Aug
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Aug
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Aug
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Aug
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Aug
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.06% in Aug
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.05% in Aug
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Aug
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Aug
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