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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Morocco in Fall

Cumulative Checklist

with Bryan Bland as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of fourteen on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard only
A B C D
2 Black-necked Grebe 1 1 Podiceps nigricoilis
14 Little Grebe 3 7 Tachybaptus ruficollis
5 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
1 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
12 Cory's Shearwater 2 65 Calonectris diomedea
1 Scopoli's Shearwater 1 2 Calonectris diomedea borealis
1 Great Shearwater Puffinus gravis
6 Sooty Shearwater 1 2 Puffinus griseus
8 Manx Shearwater 1 2 Puffinus puffinus
8 Balearic Shearwater 2 250 Puffinus mauretanicus
3 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
3 British (European) Storm-petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
3 Leach?s Storm-petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
2 Madeiran Storm-petrel Oceanodroma castro
1 storm petrel species 1 2 Hydrobates/Oceanodroma sp.
14 Gannet 3 185 Sula bassana
6 Continental Cormorant 4 4 Phalacrocorax (carbo) sinensis
14 (Moroccan) Cormorant 7 22 Phalacrocorax (carbo) maroccanus
5 (Moroccan) Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis riggenbachi
3 Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
9 Squacco Heron 1 3 Ardeola ralloides
14 Cattle Egret 5 70 Bubulcus ibis
14 Little Egret 7 30 Egretta garzetta
8 Great Egret 2 1 Egretta alba
14 Grey Heron 8 25 Ardea cinerea
14 White Stork 2 11 Ciconia ciconia
13 Glossy Ibis 1 82 Plegadis falcinellus
14 Bald Ibis 1 55 Geronticus eremita
13 Spoonbill 5 20 Platalea leucorodia
14 Greater Flamingo 3 197 Phoenicopterus roseus
7 Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
4 Shelduck 2 10 Tadorna tadorna
8 Wigeon Anas penelope
8 Gadwall Anas strepera
10 Teal 1 1 Anas crecca
12 Mallard 1 3 Anas platyrhynchos
14 Pintail 1 1 Anas acuta
5 Garganey Anas querquedula
14 Shoveler 2 2 Anas clypeata
12 Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
2 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
13 Pochard 1 2 Aythya ferina
6 Ferruginous Duck 2 3 Aythya nyroca
9 Tufted Duck 1 4 Aythya fuligula
1 Greater Scaup Ayhtya marila
7 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
1 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
12 Black-shouldered Kite 2 1 Elanus caeruleus
2 Black Kite Milvus migrans
1 Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus
13 Marsh Harrier 1 1 Circus aeruginosus
3 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
3 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
13 Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter nisus
3 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
13 Long-legged Buzzard 3 4 Buteo rufinus
2 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
8 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos
3 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
13 Bonelli's Eagle 2 2 Hieraaetus fasciatus
14 Osprey 4 1 Pandion haliaetus
2 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
14 Kestrel 8 10 Falco tinnunculus
12 Lanner 3 3 Falco biarmicus
7 Peregrine 1 2 Falco peregrinus
9 Barbary Falcon 4 2 Falco pelegrinoides
13 Barbary Partridge 1 21 Alectoris barbara
3 Quail Coturnix coturnix
1 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
14 Moorhen 4 10 Gallinula chloropus
14 Coot 5 280 Fulica atra
1 Common Crane Grus grus
14 Oystercatcher 1 8 Haematopus ostralegus
14 Black-winged Stilt 4 68 Himantopus himantopus
8 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
11 Stone-curlew 1 3 Burhinus oedicnemus
12 Cream-coloured Courser 1 7 Cursorius cursor
1 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
13 Little Ringed Plover 2 30 Charadrius dubius
14 Ringed Plover 2 6 Charadrius hiaticula
14 Kentish Plover 1 1 Charadrius alexandrinus
7 Golden Plover 2 3 Pluvialis apricara
13 Grey Plover 2 10 Pluvialis squatarola
1 Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus
7 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
13 Knot 2 9 Calidris canutus
14 Sanderling 1 5 Calidris alba
14 Little Stint 1 2 Calidris minuta
2 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
11 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
14 Dunlin 4 140 Calidris alpina
13 Ruff 1 1 Philomachus pugnax
12 Common Snipe 2 2 Gallinago gallinago
14 Black-tailed Godwit 1 1 Limosa limosa
14 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 104 Limosa lapponica
5 Whimbrel H Numenius phaeopus
13 Curlew 3 23 Numenius arquata
8 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
14 Redshank 4 40 Tringa totanus
14 Greenshank 4 6 Tringa nebularia
14 Green Sandpiper 5 2 Tringa ochropus
1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
14 Common Sandpiper 5 8 Actitis hypoleucos
3 Turnstone Arenaria interpres
5 Grey Phalarope 1 1 Phalaropus fulicarius
8 Pomarine Skua 1 5 Stercorarius pomarinus
11 Arctic Skua 1 50 Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Long-tailed Skua 1 1 Stercorarius longicaudus
9 Great Skua 1 21 Catharacta skua
13 Mediterranean Gull 3 63 Larus melanocephalus
2 Little Gull Larus minutus
1 Sabine?s Gull Larus sabini
14 Black-headed Gull 5 150 Larus ridibundus
13 Slender-billed Gull 2 3 Larus genei
14 Audouin's Gull 4 100 Larus audouinii
1 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
1 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan
4 Common Gull Larus canus
14 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 1000 Larus fuscus
7 Herring Gull Larus argentatus
14 Yellow-legged Gull 8 100 Larus cachinnans
1 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
2 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
9 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
1 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
4 Royal Tern Sterna maxima
9 Lesser Crested Tern 1 1 Sterna bengalensis
14 Sandwich Tern 4 18 Sterna sandvicensis
9 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
3 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
5 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
7 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
1 White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
1 Razorbill Alca torda
1 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
14 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 3 100 Pterocles orientalis
14 Rock Dove 1 10 Columba livia
14 Feral Pigeon 8 10 Columba livia
2 Stock Dove Columba oenas
12 Woodpigeon 4 2 Columba palumbus
13 Collared Dove 8 30 Streptopelia decaocto
4 Turtle Dove 1 1 Streptopelia turtur
12 Laughing Dove 4 20 Streptopelia senegalensis
5 Barn Owl Tyto alba
13 Little Owl 2 3 Athene noctua
3 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
5 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
1 Plain Swift Apus unicolor
3 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
7 Little Swift 1 5 Apus affinis
14 Kingfisher 6 6 Alcedo atthis
1 European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
8 Hoopoe Upupa epops
3 Wryneck 1 1 Jynx torquilla
1 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
14 Bar-tailed Desert Lark 2 8 Ammomanes cincturus
11 Desert Lark 2 5 Ammomanes deserti
13 Hoopoe Lark 1 1 Alaemon alaudipes
11 Thick-billed Lark 1 85 Rhamphocoris clotbey
14 Short-toed Lark 3 20 Calandrella brachydactyla
14 Lesser Short-toed Lark 2 3 Calandrella rufescens
14 Crested Lark 6 10 Galerida cristata
14 Thekla Lark 4 50 Galerida theklae
14 Crested/thekla Lark 5 100 Galerida cristata/theklae
4 Skylark Alauda arvensis
13 Temminck's Horned Lark 1 9 Eremophila bilopha
14 Brown-throated Sand Martin 3 3 Riparia paludicola
7 Sand Martin 3 1 Riparia riparia
2 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
14 Crag Martin 3 5 Hirundoe rupestris
14 Swallow 6 30 Hirundo rustica
5 Red-rumped Swallow 1 2 Hirundo daurica
8 House Martin Delichon urbica
3 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
12 Meadow Pipit 5 6 Anthus pratensis
8 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
2 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
1 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus
13 Yellow Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla flava cinercocapilla
12 Grey Wagtail 4 3 Motacilla cinerea
14 White Wagtail 8 50 Motacilla (alba) alba
11 Moroccan White Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla (alba) subpersonata
14 Common Bulbul 8 30 H Pycnonotus barbatus
4 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
14 Robin 3 3 Erithacus rubecula
1 Rufous Bush Robin 1 1 Cercotrichas galactotes
9 Bluethroat 2 3 Luscinia svecica
13 Black Redstart 3 2 Phoenicurus ochruros
9 Redstart 1 2 Phoenicurus phoenicrus
14 Moussier's Redstart 5 12 Phoenicurus moussieri
5 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
14 Stonechat 8 5 Saxicola torquata
13 Northern Wheatear 4 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
14 Desert Wheatear 4 7 Oenanthe deserti
14 Red-rumped Wheatear 2 12 Oenanthe moesta
14 White-crowned Black Wheatear 2 5 Oenanthe leucopyga
14 Black Wheatear 4 8 Oenanthe leucura
12 Blue Rock Thrush 4 2 Monticola solitarius
14 Blackbird 8 10 Turdus merula
11 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
14 Cetti's Warbler 3 2 H Cettia cetti
14 Fan-tailed Warbler 6 50 Cisticola juncidis
7 Scrub Warbler 1 2 Scotocerca inquieta
1 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
7 Reed Warbler 1 2 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
5 (Western) Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opaca
2 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
3 Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
13 Tristram's Warbler 1 8 Sylvia deserticola
12 Spectacled Warbler 2 2 Sylvia conspicillata
1 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans
14 Sardinian Warbler 8 20 Sylvia melanocephala
2 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca
14 Blackcap 2 4 Sylvia atricapilla
14 Chiffchaff 7 30 Phylloscopus collybita
5 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
6 Spotted Flycatcher 1 2 Muscicapa striata
6 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
11 Fulvous Babbler 1 7 Turdoides fulvus
4 Coal Tit Parus ater
11 African Blue Tit 2 4 Parus caeruleus ultramarinus
14 Great Tit 3 8 Parus major
1 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla
1 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
1 Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
13 Black-headed Bush Shrike 1 2 Tchagra senegala
1 Isabelline Shrike Lanius (isabellinus) isabellinus
13 Southern Grey Shrike 7 18 Lanius meridionalis
2 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
4 Jay Garrulus glandarius
14 Magpie 7 20 Pica pica
6 Red-billed Chough 1 180 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
14 Raven 1 1 Corvus corax
4 Starling Sturnus vulgaris
14 Spotless Starling 6 10 Sturnus unicolor
14 House Sparrow 8 10 Passer domesticus
14 Spanish Sparrow 4 200 Passer hispaniolensis
3 Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
14 Chaffinch 6 10 Fringilla coelebs
1 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
14 Serin 7 6 Serinus serinus
14 Greenfinch 2 1 Carduelis chloris
14 Goldfinch 7 30 Carduelis carduelis
3 Siskin Carduelis spinus
13 Linnet Carduelis cannabina
10 Atlas Crossbill 1 2 Loxia curvirostra poliogyna
14 Trumpeter Finch 4 250 Bucanetes githagineus
1 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
14 Cirl Bunting 2 2 Emberiza cirlus
11 Rock Bunting 2 1 Emberiza cia
14 House Bunting 5 10 Emberiza striolata
14 Corn Bunting 4 400 Miliaria calandra