Birds to See in Morocco in December
153 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
153 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, House Sparrow, Pied Wagtail, Chiffchaff and Blackbird. New this month: Common Quail, Eurasian Wigeon, Razorbill and Water Pipit and 9 more.
New in December13
Residents
(74)Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(5)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(59)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Razorbill
Alca tordaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricariaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(15)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly May–Feb
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Scoter
Melanitta nigraLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Barn Owl
Tyto albaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Skua
Stercorarius skuaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Regularly Nov–Dec
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelusLC
Regularly Sep–Dec
Red Kite
Milvus milvusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Dec
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