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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Morocco in Spring

Cumulative Checklist

with James Lidster as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of nine on which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2012 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2012 tour.
  • Column D = H = Heard

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
9 Little Grebe 3 4 Tachybaptus ruficollis
5 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
9 Great Crested Grebe 1 6 Podiceps cristatus
7 Gannet 1 300 Sula bassanus
4 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea
9 Moroccan Cormorant 2 3 Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus
9 Great Cormorant 3 10 Phalacrocorax carbo
8 Squacco Heron 1 2 Ardeola ralloides
5 Little Bittern 1 3 Ixobrychus minutus
9 Cattle Egret 7 50 Bubulcus ibis
9 Little Egret 5 20 Egretta garzetta
2 Great Egret Egretta alba
9 Grey Heron 5 30 Ardea cinerea
6 Purple Heron 4 3 Ardea purpurea
4 Black-crowned Night Heron 2 5 Nycticorax nycticorax
9 White Stork 7 60 Ciconia ciconia
1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
9 Eurasian Spoonbill 3 5 Platalea leucorodia
5 Glossy Ibis * 1 60 Plegadis falcinellus
5 Northern Bald Ibis * 2 55 Geronticus eremita
9 Greater Flamingo 4 97 Phoenicopterus ruber
9 Ruddy Shelduck 5 50 Tadorna ferruginea
1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
2 Gadwall 1 2 Anas strepera
9 Mallard 3 10 Anas platyrhynchos
6 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
3 Garganey Anas querquedula
6 Common Teal Anas crecca
7 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
9 Marbled Duck 3 50 Marmaronetta angustirostris
6 Common Pochard Aythya ferina
3 Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
4 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
1 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
7 Black-shouldered Kite 1 1 Elanus caeruleus
8 Black Kite 4 10 Milvus migrans
8 Short-toed Snake-Eagle Circaetus gallicus
1 Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
8 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
8 Western Marsh Harrier 3 2 Circus aeruginosus
4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
9 Atlas' Long-legged Buzzard 5 3 Buteo rufinus cirtensis
2 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
4 Golden Eagle 1 1 Aquila chrysaetos
9 Booted Eagle 5 20 Aquila pennata
9 Bonelli's Eagle 2 2 Aquila fasciata
9 Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus
4 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
9 Common Kestrel 11 20 Falco tinnunculus
1 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
1 Eurasian Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
8 Lanner Falcon 4 1 Falco biarmicus
6 Barbary Falcon 3 1 Falco pelegrinoides
5 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
9 Barbary Partridge 3 5 Alectoris barbara
8 Common Moorhen 2 10 Gallinula chloropus
9 Eurasian Coot 5 100 Fulica atra
1 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
1 Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla
2 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
2 Little Crake 1 2 Porzana parva
1 Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata
9 Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 15 Haematopus ostralegus
9 Black-winged Stilt 5 200 Himantopus himantopus
6 Pied Avocet 4 15 Recurvirostra avosetta
7 Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
9 Cream-coloured Courser 5 10 Cursorius cursor
6 Collared Pratincole 4 3 Glareola pratincola
9 Little Ringed Plover 6 5 Charadrius dubius
8 Ringed Plover 5 400 Charadrius hiaticula
7 Kentish Plover 3 30 Charadrius alexandrinus
8 Grey Plover 2 30 Pluvialis squatarola
9 Sanderling 2 10 Calidris alba
7 Little Stint 3 10 Calidris minuta
1 Temminck's Stint 1 1 Calidris temminckii
4 Curlew Sandpiper 6 200 Calidrid ferruginea
9 Dunlin 3 200 Calidris alpina
2 Red Knot Calidris canutus
3 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
4 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
9 Black-tailed Godwit 1 1 Limosa limosa
6 Bar-tailed Godwit 2 15 Limosa lapponica
8 Eurasian Whimbrel 3 40 Numenius phaeopus
5 Eurasian Curlew 2 2 Numenius arquata
4 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
9 Common Redshank 5 50 Tringa totanus
9 Common Greenshank 5 30 Tringa nebularia
8 Green Sandpiper 3 1 Tringa ochropus
6 Wood Sandpiper 4 6 Tringa glareola
8 Common Sandpiper 5 20 Actitis hypoleucos
6 Ruddy Turnstone 2 3 Arenaria interpres
2 Great Skua Catharacta skua
2 Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus
1 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
7 Mediterranean Gull 1 1 Larus melanocephalus
9 Black-headed Gull 2 30 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
5 Slender-Billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
9 Audouin's Gull 3 20 Larus audouinii
9 Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 200 Larus fuscus graellsii/intermedius
9 Yellow-legged Gull 5 200 Larus michahellis
7 Gull-billed Tern 6 50 Gelochelidon nilotica
9 Sandwich Tern 3 70 Sterna sandvicensis
1 Lesser-crested Tern Sterna bengalensis
3 Common Tern 1 3 Sterna hirundo
1 Little Tern Sterna albifrons
8 Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia
5 Whiskered Tern 2 3 Chlidonias hybrida
4 Black Tern 5 20 Chlidonias niger
7 Black-bellied Sandgrouse 1 11 Pterocles orientalis
5 Crowned Sandgrouse Pterocles coronatus
4 Spotted Sandgrouse 1 8 Pterocles senegallus
1 Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
9 Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon 9 10 Columba livia
9 Woodpigeon 6 20 Columba palumbus
2 Stock Dove Columba oenas
9 Eurasian Collared Dove 10 30 Streptopelia decaocto
8 European Turtle Dove 8 150 Streptopelia turtur
9 Laughing Dove 5 10 Streptopelia senegalensis
4 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
6 Pharaoh Eagle Owl 1 2 Bubo ascalaphus
1 Maghreb Tawny Owl Strix aluco mauritanica
1 Scops Owl Otus scops
9 Little Owl 2 2 Athene noctua
1 Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
8 Egyptian Nightjar 1 3 Caprimulgus aegyptius
6 Alpine Swift 1 20 Apus melba
9 Pallid Swift 7 100 Apus pallidus
4 Common Swift 6 500 Apus apus
9 Little Swift 3 4 Apus affinis
9 Eurasian Hoopoe 6 2 Upupa epops
6 Common Kingfisher 1 1 Alcedo athis
9 European Bee-eater 8 200 Merops apiaster
8 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 2 5 Merops persicus
1 European Roller 2 2 Coracias garrulus
9 Eurasian Wryneck 3 1 Jynx torquilla
9 Levaillant's Woodpecker 2 1 Picus vaillantii
6 Great spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocops major
9 Bar-tailed Lark 2 5 Ammomanes cincturus
9 Desert Lark 1 5 Ammomanes deserti
9 Greater Hoopoe Lark 4 10 Alaemon alaudipes
8 Thick-billed Lark 3 6 Rhamphocoris clotbey
9 Greater Short-toed Lark 5 100 Calandrella brachydactyla
8 Lesser Short-toed Lark 1 4 Calandrella rufescens
9 Crested Lark 2 2 Galerida cristata
9 Long-billed Crested Lark 2 8 Galerida macrorhyncha
9 Thekla Lark 5 20 Lullula arborea
6 Woodlark Galerida theklae
2 Skylark Alauda arvensis
9 'Atlas' Horned Lark 2 20 Eremophila alpestris atlas
9 Temminck's Lark 3 20 Eremophila bilopha
9 Sand Martin 3 30 Riparia riparia
5 Brown-throated Martin * 1 3 Riparia paludicola
6 Eurasian Crag Martin 4 10 Ptyonoprogne rupestris
9 Barn Swallow 10 100 Hirundo rustica
9 Red-rumped Swallow 4 5 Cecropis daurica
8 House Martin 8 100 Delichon urbicum
1 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
7 Tree Pipit 4 1 Anthus trivialis
6 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
5 Water Pipit 1 2 Anthus spinoletta
5 Tawny Pipit 1 2 Anthus campestris
9 Blue-headed Yellow Wagtail 7 50 Motacilla flava flava
1 British Yellow Wagtail 2 3 Motacilla flava flavissima
4 Ashy-headed Yellow Wagtail 1 5 Motacilla flava cinereocapilla
1 Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla flava thunbergi
9 Spanish Wagtail 4 5 Motacilla iberiae
8 Yellow wagtail sp 4 10 Motacilla flava sp
9 Grey Wagtail 2 4 Motacilla cinerea
7 White Wagtail Motacilla alba
8 Moroccan Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla subpersonata
9 Common Bulbul 10 10 Pycnonotus barbatus
9 Winter Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
9 White-throated Dipper 1 1 Cinclus cinclus
4 Alpine Accentor 1 1 Prunella collaris
8 European Robin Erithacus rubecula
2 Rufous Bush Robin 1 2 Cercotrichas galactotes
9 Common Nightingale 8 10 Luscinia megarhynchos
6 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia svecica
9 Black Redstart 4 10 Phoenicurus ochruros
9 Common Redstart 4 10 Phoenicurus phoenicurus
9 Moussier's Redstart 7 10 Phoenicurus moussieri
6 Whinchat 3 2 Saxicola rubetra
7 European Stonechat 1 10 Saxicola torquata
9 Northern Wheatear 3 2 Oenanthe oenanthe
1 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
9 Seebohm's Wheatear 4 3 Oenanthe seebohmi
9 Desert Wheatear 5 20 Oenanthe deserti
9 Western Black-eared Wheatear 7 8 Oenanthe hispanica
4 Maghreb Wheatear 1 4 Oenanthe halophila
9 Red-rumped Wheatear 3 10 Oenanthe moesta
9 White-crowned Wheatear 4 20 Oenanthe leucopyga
9 Black Wheatear 3 8 Oenanthe leucura
8 Blue Rock Thrush 4 2 Monticola solitarius
2 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 2 Monticola saxatilis
9 Common Blackbird 11 10 Turdus merula
2 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
9 Mistle Thrush 3 3 Turdus viscivorus
9 Cetti's Warbler 1 2 Cettia cetti
9 Zitting Cisticola 4 20 Cisticola juncidis
5 Scrub Warbler 1 6 Scotocerca inquieta
6 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
7 Eurasian Reed Warbler 1 10 Acrocephalus scirpaceus
3 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
3 Melodious Warbler 5 5 Hippolais polyglotta
8 Western Olivaceous Warbler 4 20 Hippolais opaca
4 Saharan' Eastern Olivaceous Warbler 1 1 Hippolais pallidus reiseri
3 Olivaceous Warbler sp. 2 1 Hippolais opaca/pallidus
8 Tristram's Warbler 2 5 Sylvia deserticola
9 Spectacled Warbler 1 1 Sylvia conspicillata
7 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis
9 Western' Subalpine Warbler 6 10 Sylvia cantillans
9 Sardinian Warbler 5 20 Sylvia melanocephala
7 African Desert Warbler 1 1 Sylvia deserti
8 Blackcap 4 1 Sylvia atricapilla
3 Garden Warbler 2 2 Slyvia borin
5 Western Orphean Warbler 2 3 Sylvia hortensis
9 Western Bonelli's Warbler 6 10 Phylloscopus bonelli
6 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
1 Iberian Chiffchaff Phylloscopus ibericus
9 Willow Warbler 5 20 Phylloscopus trochilus
1 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
1 Firecrest 1 1 Regulus ignicapilla
4 Spotted Flycatcher 3 4 Muscicapa striata
3 European Pied Flycatcher 3 3 Ficedula hypoleuca
9 Fulvous Babbler 1 1 Turdoides fulvus
8 Coal Tit 2 5 Periparus ater
9 African Blue Tit 3 6 Cyanistes ultramarinus
9 Great Tit 4 2 Parus major
8 Black-crowned Tchagra 2 3 Tchagra senegala
9 Desert Grey Shrike 8 10 Lanius elegans/algeriensis
9 Woodchat Shrike 9 30 Lanius senator
9 Maghreb Magpie 4 10 Pica mauritanica
9 Alpine Chough 3 300 Pyrrhocorax graculus
9 Red-billed Chough 3 100 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
9 Northern Raven 3 2 Corvus corax tingitanus
9 Brown-necked Raven 2 45 Corvus ruficollis
9 Spotless Starling 5 100 Sturnus unicolor
2 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
1 European Golden Oriole 2 3 Oriolus oriolus
9 House Sparrow 10 10 Passer domesticus
1 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
6 Spanish Sparrow 1 30 Passer hispaniolensis
9 Desert Sparrow 1 1 Passer simplex
8 Rock Sparrow 4 10 Petronia petronia
2 European Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
9 Atlas' Chaffinch 8 50 Fringilla coelebs africana
2 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
9 European Serin 6 70 Serinus serinus
9 European Greenfinch 3 10 Carduelis chloris
9 European Goldfinch 6 20 Carduelis carduelis
9 Common Linnet 3 10 Carduelis cannabina
2 Atlas' Common' Crossbill Loxia curvirostra poliogyna
7 African' Crimson-winged Finch 3 60 Rhodopechys alienus
9 Trumpeter Finch 4 30 Bucanetes githagineus
3 Hawfinch 1 2 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
9 Cirl Bunting 3 3 Emberiza cirlus
8 Rock Bunting 2 4 Emberiza cia
9 House Bunting 9 20 Emberiza striolata
2 Ortolan Bunting 3 3 Emberiza hortulana
9 Corn Bunting 2 20 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.