Birds to See in Morocco in March
178 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Blackbird, Barn Swallow, Rock Dove and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: European Turtle-dove, European Bee-eater, Nightingale and Curlew Sandpiper and 22 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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.
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All 178 birds in March
178 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in Mar
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.13% in Mar
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.05% in Mar
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Mar
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.01% in Mar
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.00% in Mar
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.97% in Mar
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.78% in Mar
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.55% in Mar
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Mar
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.52% in Mar
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Mar
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Mar
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.39% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.33% in Mar
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Mar
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.28% in Mar
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Mar
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.24% in Mar
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.23% in Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.21% in Mar
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.20% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.19% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Mar
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.12% in Mar
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.11% in Mar
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.09% in Mar
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Mar
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Mar
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.07% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Mar
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.02% in Mar
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Mar
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.01% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.00% in Mar
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
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