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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
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