Common Birds in Western Sahara
Our list for Western Sahara has 73 common birds recorded regularly there: 17 winter visitors, 46 passage migrants and 10 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Western Sahara in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaPassage migrantCommon42–45 cmRegularly Mar
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon29–37 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusPassage migrantCommon30–38 cmRegularly Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
CootFulica atraScarceCommon36–42 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–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