Birds in Morocco
218 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Morocco has 218 bird species recorded regularly there: 74 residents, 21 summer visitors, 59 winter visitors, 54 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 477,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Morocco in September
169 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

Rock Dove
Resident

Barn Swallow
Resident

House Sparrow
Resident

Eurasian Collared Dove
Resident

Blackbird
Resident

Cattle Egret
Resident

Yellow-legged Gull
Resident

Kestrel
Resident
Arriving in September: Chiffchaff, Common Snipe, Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wren, Hawfinch, Common Starling, Woodlark, Alpine Chough and 29 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Morocco each month: most in March (178), fewest in July (111). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year

Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Recorded all year

Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year

European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Recorded all year

Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Recorded all year

Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Feb–Nov

Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Recorded all year

Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
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Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Aug–May

Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year

Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year

Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Recorded all year

Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year

Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Recorded all year

Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Recorded all year

Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year

Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Aug–May

Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year

Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May

Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year

Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun

Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year

Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
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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