Birds to See in Morocco in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
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.
Other months
All 153 birds in December
153 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.40% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.06% in Dec
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Dec
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.82% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.77% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.63% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.47% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Dec
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Dec
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.34% in Dec
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.33% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Dec
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Dec
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Dec
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Dec
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.19% in Dec
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Dec
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Dec
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Dec
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Dec
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Dec
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Dec
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Dec
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Dec
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Dec
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Dec
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Dec
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Dec
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Dec
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.06% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Dec
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.04% in Dec
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Dec
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantRare24–33 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusPassage migrantRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantRare210–275 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Dec
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Dec · 0.01% in 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