Common Birds in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 82 common birds recorded regularly there: 52 residents, 12 summer visitors, 14 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon31–33 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
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