Morocco bird checklist

501 bird species in 85 families have been recorded in Morocco, according to eBird; about 324 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

The most common birds in Morocco right now

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Morocco bird checklist

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Taiga Bean-Goose
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Mute Swan
Whooper Swan
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
Ringed Teal
Wood Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cape Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Marbled Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Velvet Scoter
Common Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
White-headed Duck

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Common Quail
Japanese Quail
Barbary Partridge
Double-spurred Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Stock Dove
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove

Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse

Bustards

Great Bustard
Arabian Bustard
African Houbara
Little Bustard

Cuckoos

Great Spotted Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Red-necked Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar

Swifts

Chimney Swift
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Plain Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Water Rail
Corn Crake
Sora
Spotted Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Western Swamphen
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake

Cranes

Demoiselle Crane
Common Crane

Thick-knees

Eurasian Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
European Golden-Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Lapwing
Greater Sand-Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Kentish Plover

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Slender-billed Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Long-billed Dowitcher
Jack Snipe
Eurasian Woodcock
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper

Buttonquail

Small Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Atlantic Puffin
Razorbill
Dovekie
Common Murre

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Caspian Gull
Kelp Gull
European Herring Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Iceland Gull
African Skimmer
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Loons

Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Common Loon

Albatrosses

Black-browed Albatross

Southern Storm-Petrels

Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel

Northern Storm-Petrels

European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

Shearwaters and Petrels

Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Scopoli's Shearwater
Cape Verde Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Yelkouan Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater

Storks

Black Stork
White Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Boobies and Gannets

Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Masked Booby

Anhingas

African Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
European Shag

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
Northern Bald Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Eurasian Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Cinereous Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Spanish Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Red Kite
Black Kite
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Western Barn Owl

Owls

Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Owl

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Bee-eaters

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Common Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Abyssinian Roller

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Levaillant's Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Cockatoos

Cockatiel

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Budgerigar
Fischer's Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

Senegal Parrot
Monk Parakeet

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

Red-eyed Vireo

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Bushshrikes and Allies

Black-crowned Tchagra

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Iberian Gray Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Eurasian Jay
Maghreb Magpie
Red-billed Chough
Yellow-billed Chough
Eurasian Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Pied Crow
Brown-necked Raven
Common Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

Coal Tit
Crested Tit
African Blue Tit
Great Tit

Penduline-Tits

Eurasian Penduline-Tit

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Thick-billed Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Wood Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Thekla's Lark
Crested Lark
Horned Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandra Lark
Dupont's Lark
Dunn's Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark

Bearded Reedling

Bearded Reedling

Cisticolas and Allies

Zitting Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Moustached Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
River Warbler
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler

Swallows

Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Eurasian Crag-Martin
Pale Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Hume's Warbler
Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff

Bush Warblers and Allies

Scrub Warbler
Cetti's Warbler

Long-tailed Tits

Long-tailed Tit

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Western Orphean Warbler
African Desert Warbler
Tristram's Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Moltoni's Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Spectacled Warbler
Marmora's Warbler
Dartford Warbler

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Fulvous Chatterer

Kinglets

Goldcrest
Common Firecrest

Wallcreeper

Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

Eurasian Nuthatch

Treecreepers

Short-toed Treecreeper

Wrens

Eurasian Wren

Dippers

White-throated Dipper

Starlings

European Starling
Spotless Starling
Rosy Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Mistle Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Eurasian Blackbird
Eyebrowed Thrush
Fieldfare
Ring Ouzel

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
Red-breasted Flycatcher
European Pied Flycatcher
Atlas Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Moussier's Redstart
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Atlas Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Red-rumped Wheatear
Black Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear

Waxbills and Allies

Zebra Finch
Red-billed Firefinch

Accentors

Alpine Accentor
Dunnock

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Desert Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Rock Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Water Pipit
Rock Pipit
American Pipit

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Common Chaffinch
African Chaffinch
Brambling
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Crimson-winged Finch
Trumpeter Finch
European Greenfinch
Eurasian Linnet
Redpoll
Red Crossbill
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Island Canary
Eurasian Siskin

Longspurs and Snow Buntings

Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting

Old World Buntings

Black-headed Bunting
Corn Bunting
Rock Bunting
Cirl Bunting
Yellowhammer
Ortolan Bunting
House Bunting
Reed Bunting
Little Bunting

Most common birds in Morocco

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Morocco’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.

DunlinCalidris alpina
Rock PigeonColumba livia
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
House SparrowPasser domesticus
European SerinSerinus serinus
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolor
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbus
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis

Largest bird families in Morocco

Among its regular birds.

Old World Flycatchers23
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers21
Sandpipers and Allies20
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl20
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites20
Larks15
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies12
Sylviid Warblers and Allies10

Reported in the last 30 days

285 species reported to eBird in Morocco in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:

Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, White-crowned Wheatear, Dunlin, Gray Heron, Moussier's Redstart, Eurasian Collared-Dove, House Bunting, Spotless Starling, Rock Pigeon, Sardinian Warbler, Laughing Dove, Common Snipe, African Blue Tit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Rock Bunting, Eurasian Wryneck, Black Wheatear, Eurasian Kestrel, Blue Rock-Thrush, Thekla's Lark, Coal Tit, Common Wood-Pigeon, Great Tit, European Pied Flycatcher, Iberian Chiffchaff, Common Firecrest, Eurasian Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, European Serin, African Chaffinch, Western Cattle-Egret, Little Swift, Eurasian Linnet, Common Bulbul, European Greenfinch, House Sparrow, Bar-tailed Lark, Eurasian Blackcap, Crested Lark, …