Birds to See in Morocco in July
111 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in July11
Leaving after last month25
- Nightingale
- Common Redstart
- Crag Martin
- Sand Martin
- Mistle Thrush
- Osprey
- Eurasian Jay
- Hawfinch
- Common Quail
- Woodlark
- Common Tern
- Avocet
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Great Crested Grebe
- Montagu's Harrier
- Pochard
- Great White Egret
- Black-necked Grebe
- Egyptian Vulture
- Nightjar
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Balearic Shearwater
- Griffon Vulture
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
Residents
(74)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(21)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Jan–Sep
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagrisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Jul–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Passage migrants
(4)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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