Birds to See in Morocco in October
169 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Kestrel. New this month: Meadow Pipit, Song Thrush, Common Shelduck and Great Crested Grebe and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 169 birds in October
169 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 1.01% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.87% in Oct
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.86% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.66% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.61% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Oct
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.52% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Oct
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.44% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.44% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Oct
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.33% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.32% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.26% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.26% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.26% in Oct
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Oct
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Oct
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.14% in Oct
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.13% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.13% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.11% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.09% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.08% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Dartford WarblerCurruca undataPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Oct
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Oct
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Oct
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.04% in Oct
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserPassage migrantRare75–90 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantRare210–275 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantRare46–61 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct · 0.01% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in 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