How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Western Sahara?

77 species, each recorded regularly in Western Sahara (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 17 winter visitors, 47 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Western Sahara, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

What birds can I see in Western Sahara in September?

1 species on our list for Western Sahara are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Greater Flamingo.

What are the most common birds in Western Sahara?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Western Sahara are House Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Yellow-legged Gull, Yellow Wagtail and Avocet.

Birds in Western Sahara

77 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Western Sahara has 77 bird species recorded regularly there: 17 winter visitors, 47 passage migrants and 13 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 9,280 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Western Sahara in September

1 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 1 birds in September

Greater Flamingo
Winter visitor

Arriving in September: Greater Flamingo.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Western Sahara each month: most in March (56), fewest in May (0). Choose a month to see its birds.

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ChiffchaffSmallest · 10cm

Greater FlamingoLargest · 145cm

From the Chiffchaff (10 cm) to the Greater Flamingo (145 cm)31 families

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All 77 birds on the list

Showing 70–77 of 77 species

Little Owl

Athene noctuaLC

ScarceCommon

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Dec–Feb

Whitethroat

Curruca communisLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Mar

Curlew

Numenius arquataNT

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Feb–Mar

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropusLC

ScarceUncommon

Tree Pipit

Anthus trivialisLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Mar

Barn Owl

Tyto albaLC

ScarceUncommon

Common Snipe

Gallinago gallinagoLC

ScarceUncommon

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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

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