Birds of Morocco

List of Common Birds Found in Morocco

Native Birds

• African Blue Tit
• African Chaffinch
• Atlas Flycatcher
• Barbary Falcon
• Barbary Partridge
• Barn Swallow
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black-headed Gull
• Black Redstart
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• Cetti’s Warbler
• Cirl Bunting
• Common Blackbird
• Common Buzzard
• Common Chiffchaff
• Common Hoopoe 
• Common Kestrel
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Moorhen
• Common Nightingale
• Common Redstart
• Common Sandpiper
• Common Starling
• Common Swift
• Common Whitethroat
• Cream-colored Courser
• Crested Lark
• Crowned Sandgrouse
• Desert Sparrow
• Desert Warbler
• Egyptian Vulture
• Eurasian Blackbird
• Eurasian Blackcap
• Eurasian Blue Tit
• Eurasian Collared Dove
• Eurasian Coot
• Eurasian Golden Oriole
• Eurasian Green Woodpecker
• Eurasian Griffon Vulture
• Eurasian Hobby
• Eurasian Hoopoe
• Eurasian Jay
• Eurasian Kestrel
• Eurasian Linnet
• Eurasian Magpie
• Eurasian Moorhen
• Eurasian Penduline Tit
• Eurasian Reed Warbler
• Eurasian Skylark
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk
• Eurasian Spoonbill
• Eurasian Teal
• Eurasian Wigeon
• Eurasian Wren
• Eurasian Wryneck
• European Bee-eater
• European Crested Tit
• European Goldfinch
• European Greenfinch
• European Herring Gull
• European Nightjar
• European Nuthatch
• European Pied Flycatcher
• European Robin
• European Roller
• European Serin
• European Shag
• European Stonechat
• European Turtle Dove
• Great Cormorant
• Great Crested Grebe
• Greater Flamingo
• Great Gray Shrike
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
• Green Sandpiper
• Grey Heron
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• House Sparrow
• Lanner Falcon
• Lesser Black-backed Gull
• Lesser Kestrel
• Lesser Whitethroat
• Levaillant’s Woodpecker
• Little Bittern
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Swift
• Long-legged Buzzard
• Maghreb Magpie
• Marbled Teal
• Marsh Owl
• Montagu’s Harrier
• Moussier’s Redstart
• Northern Bald Ibis
• Northern Gannet
• Northern Lapwing
• Northern Shoveler
• Northern Wheatear
• Pied Avocet
• Pied Crow 
• Red-crested Pochard
• Red-knobbed Coot
• Red-legged Partridge
• Red-rumped Swallow
• Red-throated Pipit
• Redwing
• Sardinian Warbler
• See-see Partridge
• Spanish Sparrow
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Tawny Owl
• Tristram’s Starling
• Tristram’s Warbler
• Water Rail
• Western Bonelli’s Warbler
• Western Jackdaw
• Western Swamphen
• Western Yellow Wagtail
• Whinchat
• White Stork
• White-headed Duck
• Woodchat Shrike
• Yellow-legged Gull
• Zitting Cisticola

Non-native Birds

• Horned Grebe
• Lesser Flamingo
• Mandarin Duck
• Ring-necked Pheasant
• Rock Ptarmigan
• Ruddy Duck

Morocco’s best birding sites include High Atlas Mountains, Souss-Massa National Park, and Ifrane National Park. The best time to go birdwatching in the country includes spring (March to May), autumn (September to November), and winter (December to February).