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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Western Sahara in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 73, most common first
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantCommon31–35 cmRegularly Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantCommon41–46 cmRegularly Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceCommon23–26 cm
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceCommon20–32 cm
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusScarceCommon34–58 cm
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceCommon21–24 cm
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