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Morocco in Spring

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Cumulative Checklist

with James Lidster as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of six 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, (H) = Mostly heard but some seen.

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
6 Little Grebe 3 30 Tachybaptus ruficollis
5 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
6 Great Crested Grebe 3 5 Podiceps cristatus
4 Gannet 1 2 Sula bassanus
4 Cory's Shearwater 1 30 Calonectris diomedea
6 Moroccan Cormorant 2 2 Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus
6 Great Cormorant 7 30 Phalacrocorax carbo
6 Squacco Heron 1 2 Ardeola ralloides
2 Little Bittern 1 1 Ixobrychus minutus
6 Cattle Egret 6 50 Bubulcus ibis
6 Little Egret 5 50 Egretta garzetta
1 Great Egret 1 1 Egretta alba
6 Grey Heron 6 20 Ardea cinerea
3 Purple Heron 2 2 Ardea purpurea
1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
6 White Stork 6 70 Ciconia ciconia
1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
6 Eurasian Spoonbill 2 32 Platalea leucorodia
2 Glossy Ibis * 1 20 Plegadis falcinellus
2 Northern Bald Ibis * 2 13 Geronticus eremita
6 Greater Flamingo 1 800 Phoenicopterus ruber
6 Ruddy Shelduck 5 100 Tadorna ferruginea
1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
1 Gadwall Anas strepera
6 Mallard 3 5 Anas platyrhynchos
5 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
3 Garganey Anas querquedula
5 Common Teal Anas crecca
6 Northern Shoveler 2 12 Anas clypeata
6 Marbled Duck 3 500 Marmaronetta angustirostris
6 Common Pochard 1 100 Aythya ferina
3 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
4 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
1 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
4 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
6 Black Kite 1 10 Milvus migrans
6 Short-toed Snake-Eagle 3 1 Circaetus gallicus
6 Montagu's Harrier 1 1 Circus pygargus
6 Western Marsh Harrier 4 10 Circus aeruginosus
3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
6 Atlas Long-legged Buzzard 4 2 Buteo rufinus cirtensis
2 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
2 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
6 Booted Eagle 5 2 Aquila pennata
6 Bonelli's Eagle 2 1 Aquila fasciata
6 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
4 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
6 Common Kestrel 10 10 Falco tinnunculus
5 Lanner Falcon 2 1 Falco biarmicus
4 Barbary Falcon 3 2 Falco pelegrinoides
5 Common Quail 1 1 H Coturnix coturnix
6 Barbary Partridge 2 2 Alectoris barbara
5 Common Moorhen 1 4 Gallinula chloropus
6 Eurasian Coot 3 2000 Fulica atra
1 Water Rail 1 3 Rallus aquaticus
1 Baillon's Crake 1 4 Porzana pusilla
1 Spotted Crake 1 4 Porzana porzana
1 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata
6 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 8 Haematopus ostralegus
6 Black-winged Stilt 4 35 Himantopus himantopus
4 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
5 Eurasian Stone-curlew 1 1 Burhinus oedicnemus
6 Cream-coloured Courser 2 4 Cursorius cursor
3 Collared Pratincole 1 80 Glareola pratincola
6 Little Ringed Plover 4 4 Charadrius dubius
5 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
4 Kentish Plover 2 11 Charadrius alexandrinus
5 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
6 Sanderling 1 20 Calidris alba
5 Little Stint 1 30 Calidris minuta
1 Curlew Sandpiper Calidrid ferruginea
6 Dunlin 1 2 Calidris alpina
1 Red Knot Calidris canutus
2 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
3 Common Snipe 2 2 Gallinago gallinago
6 Black-tailed Godwit 2 1 Limosa limosa
3 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
5 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
3 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
3 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
6 Common Redshank 2 3 Tringa totanus
6 Common Greenshank 2 2 Tringa nebularia
6 Green Sandpiper 1 3 Tringa ochropus
4 Wood Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa glareola
5 Common Sandpiper 2 2 Actitis hypoleucos
4 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
2 Great Skua 1 2 Catharacta skua
2 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
4 Mediterranean Gull 1 3 Larus melanocephalus
6 Black-headed Gull 2 20 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
4 Slender-Billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
6 Audouin's Gull 2 30 Larus audouinii
6 Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 500 Larus fuscus graellsii/intermedius
6 Yellow-legged Gull 3 50 Larus michahellis
4 Gull-billed Tern 3 100 Gelochelidon nilotica
6 Sandwich Tern 3 30 Sterna sandvicensis
1 Common Tern Sterna hirundo
1 Little Tern 1 10 Sterna albifrons
5 Caspian Tern 1 2 Hydroprogne caspia
4 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
2 Black Tern Chlidonias niger
4 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 1 25 Pterocles orientalis
3 Crowned Sandgrouse 1 4 Pterocles coronatus
2 Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
1 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
6 Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon 10 10 Columba livia
6 Woodpigeon 7 10 Columba palumbus
2 Stock Dove Columba oenas
6 Eurasian Collared Dove 9 10 Streptopelia decaocto
5 European Turtle Dove 6 10 Streptopelia turtur
6 Laughing Dove 3 6 Streptopelia senegalensis
4 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
3 Pharaoh Eagle Owl Bubo ascalaphus
1 Maghreb' Tawny Owl Strix aluco mauritanica
1 Scops Owl Otus scops
6 Little Owl 3 3 Athene noctua
1 Red-necked Nightjar * Caprimulgus ruficollis
5 Egyptian Nightjar 1 3 Caprimulgus aegyptius
4 Alpine Swift Apus melba
6 Pallid Swift 5 500 Apus pallidus
1 Common Swift Apus apus
6 Little Swift 5 200 Apus affinis
6 Eurasian Hoopoe 2 3 Upupa epops
3 Common Kingfisher Alcedo athis
6 European Bee-eater 7 80 Merops apiaster
5 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2 10 Merops persicus
6 Eurasian Wryneck 2 1 Jynx torquilla
6 Levaillant's Woodpecker 1 1 Picus vaillantii
5 Great spotted Woodpecker Dendrocops major
6 Bar-tailed Lark 3 20 Ammomanes cincturus
6 Desert Lark 2 6 Ammomanes deserti
6 Greater Hoopoe Lark 3 10 Alaemon alaudipes
5 Thick-billed Lark 3 6 Rhamphocoris clotbey
6 Greater Short-toed Lark 6 150 Calandrella brachydactyla
5 Lesser Short-toed Lark Calandrella rufescens
6 Crested Lark 2 20 Galerida cristata
6 Long-billed Crested Lark 3 3 Galerida macrorhyncha
6 Thekla Lark 2 2 Lullula arborea
4 Woodlark Galerida theklae
2 Skylark Alauda arvensis
6 'Atlas'' Horned Lark 1 1 Eremophila alpestris atlas
6 Temminck's Lark 1 6 Eremophila bilopha
6 Sand Martin 4 20 Riparia riparia
2 Brown-throated Martin * 1 3 Riparia paludicola
4 Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
6 Barn Swallow 9 20 Hirundo rustica
6 Red-rumped Swallow 2 2 Cecropis daurica
5 House Martin 4 5 Delichon urbicum
1 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
6 Tree Pipit 2 2 Anthus trivialis
5 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
3 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
3 Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
6 Yellow Wagtail 4 4 Motacilla flava
6 Spanish Wagtail 2 10 Motacilla iberiae
6 Grey Wagtail 2 3 Motacilla cinerea
6 White Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla alba
5 Moroccan Wagtail 2 4 Motacilla subpersonata
6 Common Bulbul 10 10 Pycnonotus barbatus
6 Winter Wren 1 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
6 White-throated Dipper 1 1 Cinclus cinclus
3 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
6 European Robin 1 1 Erithacus rubecula
6 Common Nightingale 2 1 (H) Luscinia megarhynchos
4 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
6 Black Redstart 2 15 Phoenicurus ochruros
6 Common Redstart 4 2 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
6 Moussier's Redstart 5 4 Phoenicurus moussieri
4 Whinchat 2 1 Saxicola rubetra
4 European Stonechat 1 5 Saxicola torquata
6 Northern Wheatear 5 10 Oenanthe oenanthe
6 Seebohm's Wheatear 2 3 Oenanthe seebohmi
6 Desert Wheatear 3 15 Oenanthe deserti
6 Western Black-eared Wheatear 4 4 Oenanthe hispanica
3 Maghreb Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe halophila
6 Red-rumped Wheatear 1 30 Oenanthe moesta
6 White-crowned Wheatear 5 60 Oenanthe leucopyga
6 Black Wheatear 3 4 Oenanthe leucura
5 Blue Rock Thrush 2 2 Monticola solitarius
1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola saxatilis
6 Common Blackbird 10 10 Turdus merula
2 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
6 Mistle Thrush 2 6 Turdus viscivorus
6 Cetti's Warbler 1 1 Cettia cetti
6 Zitting Cisticola 4 30 Cisticola juncidis
5 Sedge Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
4 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 1 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
3 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
1 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
5 Western Olivaceous Warbler 4 5 Hippolais opaca
2 'Saharan'' Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 2 1 Hippolais pallidus reiseri
2 olivaceous warbler sp 1 1 Hippolais opaca/pallidus
5 Tristram's Warbler 2 1 Sylvia deserticola
6 Spectacled Warbler 1 2 Sylvia conspicillata
5 Common Whitethroat 3 2 Sylvia communis
6 'Western' Subalpine Warbler 4 10 Sylvia cantillans
6 Sardinian Warbler 2 20 Sylvia melanocephala
4 African Desert Warbler 1 1 Sylvia deserti
6 Blackcap 3 2 Sylvia atricapilla
1 Garden Warbler Slyvia borin
2 Western Orphean Warbler 1 2 Sylvia hortensis
6 Western Bonelli's Warbler 2 6 Phylloscopus bonelli
5 Common Chiffchaff 1 1 Phylloscopus collybita
1 Iberian Chiffchaff 1 1 Phylloscopus ibericus
6 Willow Warbler 5 10 Phylloscopus trochilus
1 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
2 Yellow-breasted Tit 1 2 Parus flavipectus
1 European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
6 Fulvous Babbler 2 2 Turdoides fulvus
6 Coal Tit 2 1 Periparus ater
6 African Blue Tit 2 2 Cyanistes ultramarinus
6 Great Tit 4 2 Parus major
5 Black-crowned Tchagra 2 1 Tchagra senegala
6 Desert Grey Shrike 6 12 Lanius elegans/algeriensis
6 Woodchat Shrike 7 52 Lanius senator
6 Maghreb Magpie 3 20 Pica mauritanica
6 Alpine Chough 1 100 Pyrrhocorax graculus
6 Red-billed Chough 2 50 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
6 Northern Raven 3 2 Corvus corax tingitanus
6 Brown-necked Raven 3 20 Corvus ruficollis
6 Spotless Starling 5 50 Sturnus unicolor
2 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
6 House Sparrow 10 50 Passer domesticus
1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
4 Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
6 Desert Sparrow 1 1 Passer simplex
5 Rock Sparrow 1 5 Petronia petronia
1 European Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
6 'Atlas' Chaffinch 8 10 Fringilla coelebs africana
1 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
6 European Serin 5 20 Serinus serinus
6 European Greenfinch 3 2 Carduelis chloris
6 European Goldfinch 4 10 Carduelis carduelis
6 Common Linnet 3 6 Carduelis cannabina
2 'Atlas' Common' Crossbill Loxia curvirostra poliogyna
4 'African' Crimson-winged Finch 2 50 Rhodopechys alienus
6 Trumpeter Finch 2 20 Bucanetes githagineus
2 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
6 Cirl Bunting 1 2 Emberiza cirlus
5 Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
6 House Bunting 9 10 Emberiza striolata
1 Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
6 Corn Bunting 1 2 Miliaria calandra

Taxonomic Notes

Species marked with an * have only been possible since we added Agadir to the tour in 2009, and therefore not respective.

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