Birds to See in Western Sahara in December
30 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
30 bird species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Osprey, Dunlin, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Grey Heron and Great Cormorant. New this month: House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Yellow-legged Gull and Greater Flamingo and 24 more.
New in December28
- House Sparrow
- Barn Swallow
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Greater Flamingo
- Osprey
- Great Cormorant
- Thekla's Lark
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Black-headed Gull
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- Grey Heron
- Little Egret
- Redshank
- Dunlin
- Sandwich Tern
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Ringed Plover
- Common Sandpiper
- Grey Plover
- Pied Wagtail
- Audouin's Gull
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Sanderling
- Chiffchaff
- Whimbrel
- Eurasian Oystercatcher
- Greenshank
- Cattle Egret
Leaving after last month
No departures — all species from last month remain.
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Dec–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Passage migrants
(13)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
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