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
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentUncommon65–72 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorUncommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
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