Birds to See in Morocco in September
169 bird species on our list for Morocco are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Rock Dove, Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Eurasian Collared Dove and Blackbird. New this month: Chiffchaff, Common Snipe, Eurasian Teal and Eurasian Wren and 33 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 169 birds in September
169 birds
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisResidentCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.15% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Sep
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.98% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.91% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.90% in Sep
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.86% in Sep
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.75% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentCommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Sep
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaResidentCommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.60% in Sep
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentCommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiResidentCommon48–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.55% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.47% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.47% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusWinter visitorCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.43% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.42% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.39% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.38% in Sep
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxResidentUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.35% in Sep
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusResidentUncommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.27% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaSummer visitorUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusWinter visitorUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.22% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.21% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentCommon16–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Short-toed TreecreeperCerthia brachydactylaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.16% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Sep
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.15% in Sep
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.15% in Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.10% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.10% in Sep
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusWinter visitorUncommon27–28 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.10% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Sep
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Sep
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.08% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.08% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Sep
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.07% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.06% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Sep
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.05% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraPassage migrantUncommon43–54 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaPassage migrantRare33–39 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Sep
Red KiteMilvus milvusPassage migrantRare60–66 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Common OstrichStruthio camelusPassage migrantRare210–275 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.02% in Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep · 0.02% in Sep
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