Birds to See in Western Sahara in January
24 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
24 bird species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Black-backed Gull, House Sparrow, Barn Swallow and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Great Grey Shrike, Kestrel, Kentish Plover and Wheatear and 2 more.
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklaeLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensisLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouiniiVU
Regularly Dec–Apr
Northern Gannet
Morus bassanusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Dec–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Passage migrants
(7)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Regularly Jan–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Dec–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Jan–Apr
Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalusLC
Regularly Jan–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