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
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisWinter visitorUncommon53–63 cmRegularly Jul–May
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-eared OwlAsio otusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Jul
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jun
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatusWinter visitorUncommon23–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantUncommon20–24 cmRegularly Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusPassage migrantUncommon35–40 cmRegularly May–Feb
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaPassage migrantUncommon50–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicusPassage migrantUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Mar–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