Birds to See in Morocco in May
162 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in May
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: European Honey-buzzard, Arctic Jaeger, Nightjar and Balearic Shearwater and 3 more.
On the move in May
GBIF · MayArriving
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.
Other months
All 162 birds in May
162 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.27% in May
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in May
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in May
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in May
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.60% in May
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in May
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in May
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 1.51% in May
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.43% in May
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in May
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in May
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in May
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in May
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in May
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.02% in May
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in May
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in May
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.80% in May
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.79% in May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in May
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.70% in May
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.69% in May
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in May
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in May
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.61% in May
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in May
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in May
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in May
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.51% in May
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in May
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in May
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.44% in May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in May
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in May
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in May
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in May
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.38% in May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in May
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in May
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in May
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in May
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in May
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in May
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in May
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in May
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.32% in May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in May
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in May
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.29% in May
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in May
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in May
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in May
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in May
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in May
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in May
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.24% in May
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in May
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in May
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in May
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.22% in May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in May
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.20% in May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.20% in May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in May
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in May
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.18% in May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.17% in May
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.17% in May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in May
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in May
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in May
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in May
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.15% in May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in May
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.15% in May
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in May
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in May
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in May
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jun · 0.11% in May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in May
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in May
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in May
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in May
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in May
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.07% in May
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.07% in May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.07% in May
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in May
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in May
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in May
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in May
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.05% in May
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in May
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in May
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in May
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in May
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in May
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.03% in May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in May
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Jan–May · 0.02% in May
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in May
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in May
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