Uncommon Birds in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 104 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 22 residents, 9 summer visitors, 43 winter visitors and 30 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 104, most common first
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Oct–May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
FirecrestRegulus ignicapillaResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
WoodlarkLullula arboreaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonoraeSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusResidentUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentUncommon45–50 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantUncommon52–60 cmRegularly May–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorUncommon42–45 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaWinter visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
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