Birds to See in Morocco in January
144 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Pallid Swift, House Martin, Curlew Sandpiper and Pomarine Jaeger and 3 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
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All 144 birds in January
144 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 2.13% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jan
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jan
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Jan
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.95% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jan
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.73% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jan
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jan
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.51% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Jan
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.37% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.31% in Jan
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jan
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Jan
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jan
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.27% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in Jan
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.22% in Jan
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Jan
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.17% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Jan
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Jan
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Jan
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jan
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Jan
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.06% in Jan
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Jan
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Jan
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.03% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Jan
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
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