Birds to See in Morocco in July
111 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Barn Swallow and Cattle Egret. New this month: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Mediterranean Gull and Common Kingfisher and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
European Turtle-doveBusiest month of the year · Mar–Oct
Common SwiftBusiest month of the year · Feb–Sep
House MartinBusiest month of the year · Jan–Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · All year
Eleonora's FalconBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Stock DoveBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
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 111 birds in July
111 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.91% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 2.76% in Jul
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.72% in Jul
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 2.48% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Jul- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.78% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Jul- Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.48% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.35% in Jul
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul- House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 1.26% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Jul
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.63% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.61% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.41% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.35% in Jul- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.35% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.31% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jul
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.24% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Jul
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.15% in Jul
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.15% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul · 0.13% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul- Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.07% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.06% in Jul
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