Birds to See in Western Sahara in February
44 bird species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, House Sparrow, Great Grey Shrike, Eurasian Collared Dove and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Yellow-legged Gull, Rock Dove, Osprey and Great Cormorant and 17 more.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
From Western Sahara’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 44 birds in February
44 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 5.40% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 3.03% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorPassage migrantCommon22–26 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 2.84% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 2.56% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantCommon17–18 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 2.37% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 2.37% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 2.18% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.08% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.61% in Feb
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiWinter visitorCommon48–52 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.52% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 1.52% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon31–34 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 1.42% in Feb
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 1.33% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantCommon80–100 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.23% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.23% in Feb
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklaeWinter visitorCommon15–17 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.14% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantCommon40–45 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.04% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 1.04% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 1.04% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 1.04% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantCommon52–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 1.04% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorCommon80–90 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.95% in Feb
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.95% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.95% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.85% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusWinter visitorCommon120–145 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.85% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantCommon54–58 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.85% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.85% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.66% in Feb
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.66% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.66% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantCommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.57% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.57% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantCommon38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.47% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.47% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.47% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.38% in Feb
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusPassage migrantCommon37–40 cmRegularly Jan–Feb · 0.38% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb · 0.28% in 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