Birds to See in Morocco in June
125 species listed for June · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
125 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in June. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove, Rock Dove, Blackbird and Cattle Egret. New this month: Rose-ringed Parakeet.
New in June1
Leaving after last month38
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Common Sandpiper
- Northern Shoveler
- Willow Warbler
- Sanderling
- Green Sandpiper
- Mediterranean Gull
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Little Stint
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Starling
- Common Shelduck
- Ruff
- European Honey-buzzard
- Whinchat
- Black Tern
- Tree Pipit
- Whitethroat
- Garden Warbler
- Wood Warbler
- Sedge Warbler
- Arctic Jaeger
- Eurasian Skylark
- Red Knot
- Gadwall
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Spotted Redshank
- Great Skua
- European Storm-petrel
- Water Rail
- Garganey
- Stock Dove
- Dartford Warbler
- Little Bittern
- Savi's Warbler
- Red Kite
- Little Gull
- Northern Goshawk
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
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Recorded all year
Woodpigeon
Columba palumbusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year
Cirl Bunting
Emberiza cirlusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Recorded all year
Firecrest
Regulus ignicapillaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Recorded all year
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Recorded all year
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Recorded all year
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Recorded all year
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrioLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
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
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Jan–Nov
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Short-toed Treecreeper
Certhia brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Feb–Sep
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonoraeLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Mar–Jul
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Woodlark
Lullula arboreaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Oct–Jun
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Mar–Jun
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicusCR
Regularly May–Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
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