Rails & Coots in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 5 rails & coots recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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