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
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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