Cumulative Checklist
with James Lidster as leader
- Column A = Number of tours out of seven on which this species has been recorded.
- Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour.
- Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour.
This list has taxonomic notes.
| A | B | C | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Little Grebe | 2 | 8 | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 5 | Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | ||
| 7 | Great Crested Grebe | 3 | 5 | Podiceps cristatus |
| 5 | Gannet | 1 | 600 | Sula bassanus |
| 4 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | ||
| 7 | Moroccan Cormorant | 2 | 10 | Phalacrocorax carbo maroccanus |
| 7 | Great Cormorant | 1 | 2 | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 7 | Squacco Heron | 2 | 5 | Ardeola ralloides |
| 3 | Little Bittern | 1 | 1 | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 7 | Cattle Egret | 6 | 20 | Bubulcus ibis |
| 7 | Little Egret | 5 | 10 | Egretta garzetta |
| 1 | Great Egret | Egretta alba | ||
| 7 | Grey Heron | 4 | 10 | Ardea cinerea |
| 4 | Purple Heron | 1 | 1 | Ardea purpurea |
| 2 | Black-crowned Night Heron | 2 | 3 | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 7 | White Stork | 8 | 30 | Ciconia ciconia |
| 1 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | ||
| 7 | Eurasian Spoonbill | 2 | 7 | Platalea leucorodia |
| 3 | Glossy Ibis * | 1 | 1 | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 3 | Northern Bald Ibis * | 1 | 40 | Geronticus eremita |
| 7 | Greater Flamingo | 2 | 15 | Phoenicopterus ruber |
| 7 | Ruddy Shelduck | 2 | 8 | Tadorna ferruginea |
| 1 | Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | ||
| 1 | Gadwall | Anas strepera | ||
| 7 | Mallard | 3 | 6 | Anas platyrhynchos |
| 5 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| 3 | Garganey | Anas querquedula | ||
| 5 | Common Teal | Anas crecca | ||
| 6 | Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | ||
| 7 | Marbled Duck | 2 | 30 | Marmaronetta angustirostris |
| 6 | Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | ||
| 3 | Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | ||
| 4 | Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | ||
| 1 | Ruddy Duck | Oxyura jamaicensis | ||
| 5 | Black-shouldered Kite | 1 | 2 | Elanus caeruleus |
| 6 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | ||
| 7 | Short-toed Snake-Eagle | 3 | 3 | Circaetus gallicus |
| 7 | Montagu's Harrier | 1 | 1 | Circus pygargus |
| 6 | Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | ||
| 3 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | ||
| 7 | Atlas Long-legged Buzzard | 7 | 3 | Buteo rufinus cirtensis |
| 2 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | ||
| 2 | Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | ||
| 7 | Booted Eagle | 1 | 5 | Aquila pennata |
| 7 | Bonelli's Eagle | 2 | 2 | Aquila fasciata |
| 7 | Osprey | 1 | 1 | Pandion haliaetus |
| 4 | Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | ||
| 7 | Common Kestrel | 9 | 10 | Falco tinnunculus |
| 1 | Eleonora's Falcon | 1 | 1 | Falco eleonorae |
| 6 | Lanner Falcon | 2 | 3 | Falco biarmicus |
| 4 | Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinoides | ||
| 5 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | ||
| 7 | Barbary Partridge | 1 | 2 | Alectoris barbara |
| 6 | Common Moorhen | 4 | 10 | Gallinula chloropus |
| 7 | Eurasian Coot | 2 | 20 | Fulica atra |
| 1 | Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | ||
| 1 | Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | ||
| 1 | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | ||
| 1 | Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata | ||
| 7 | Eurasian Oystercatcher | 3 | 20 | Haematopus ostralegus |
| 7 | Black-winged Stilt | 4 | 10 | Himantopus himantopus |
| 5 | Pied Avocet | 2 | 6 | Recurvirostra avosetta |
| 6 | Eurasian Stone-curlew | 3 | 5 | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| 7 | Cream-coloured Courser | 2 | 20 | Cursorius cursor |
| 4 | Collared Pratincole | 1 | 3 | Glareola pratincola |
| 7 | Little Ringed Plover | 3 | 5 | Charadrius dubius |
| 6 | Ringed Plover | 3 | 20 | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 5 | Kentish Plover | 1 | 2 | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| 6 | Grey Plover | 2 | 20 | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 7 | Sanderling | 1 | 3 | Calidris alba |
| 5 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | ||
| 2 | Curlew Sandpiper | 2 | 5 | Calidrid ferruginea |
| 7 | Dunlin | 2 | 3 | Calidris alpina |
| 2 | Red Knot | 1 | 3 | Calidris canutus |
| 2 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | ||
| 3 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ||
| 7 | Black-tailed Godwit | 2 | 2 | Limosa limosa |
| 4 | Bar-tailed Godwit | 3 | 10 | Limosa lapponica |
| 6 | Eurasian Whimbrel | 3 | 100 | Numenius phaeopus |
| 3 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | ||
| 3 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | ||
| 7 | Common Redshank | 3 | 1 | Tringa totanus |
| 7 | Common Greenshank | 3 | 4 | Tringa nebularia |
| 6 | Green Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | Tringa ochropus |
| 4 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ||
| 6 | Common Sandpiper | 2 | 2 | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 5 | Ruddy Turnstone | 1 | 8 | Arenaria interpres |
| 2 | Great Skua | Catharacta skua | ||
| 2 | Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | ||
| 1 | Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | ||
| 5 | Mediterranean Gull | 2 | 10 | Larus melanocephalus |
| 7 | Black-headed Gull | 2 | 15 | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 4 | Slender-Billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | ||
| 7 | Audouin's Gull | 2 | 10 | Larus audouinii |
| 7 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 3 | 300 | Larus fuscus graellsii/intermedius |
| 7 | Yellow-legged Gull | 3 | 500 | Larus michahellis |
| 5 | Gull-billed Tern | 2 | 1 | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 7 | Sandwich Tern | 3 | 20 | Sterna sandvicensis |
| 1 | Lesser-crested Tern | 1 | 1 | Sterna bengalensis |
| 2 | Common Tern | 1 | 2 | Sterna hirundo |
| 1 | Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | ||
| 6 | Caspian Tern | 2 | 1 | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 4 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | ||
| 3 | Black Tern | 1 | 2 | Chlidonias niger |
| 5 | Black-bellied Sandgrouse | 1 | 15 | Pterocles orientalis |
| 4 | Crowned Sandgrouse | 2 | 25 | Pterocles coronatus |
| 2 | Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | ||
| 1 | Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | ||
| 7 | Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon | 1 | 18 | Columba livia |
| 7 | Woodpigeon | 6 | 20 | Columba palumbus |
| 2 | Stock Dove | Columba oenas | ||
| 7 | Eurasian Collared Dove | 10 | 10 | Streptopelia decaocto |
| 6 | European Turtle Dove | 8 | 40 | Streptopelia turtur |
| 7 | Laughing Dove | 1 | 10 | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| 4 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | ||
| 4 | Pharaoh Eagle Owl | 1 | 1 | Bubo ascalaphus |
| 1 | Maghreb Tawny Owl | Strix aluco mauritanica | ||
| 1 | Scops Owl | Otus scops | ||
| 7 | Little Owl | 3 | 3 | Athene noctua |
| 1 | Red-necked Nightjar * | Caprimulgus ruficollis | ||
| 6 | Egyptian Nightjar | 1 | 3 | Caprimulgus aegyptius |
| 4 | Alpine Swift | Apus melba | ||
| 7 | Pallid Swift | 8 | 1000 | Apus pallidus |
| 2 | Common Swift | 1 | 200 | Apus apus |
| 7 | Little Swift | 5 | 250 | Apus affinis |
| 7 | Eurasian Hoopoe | 3 | 2 | Upupa epops |
| 4 | Common Kingfisher | 1 | 2 | Alcedo athis |
| 7 | European Bee-eater | 7 | 100 | Merops apiaster |
| 6 | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | 4 | 8 | Merops persicus |
| 7 | Eurasian Wryneck | 2 | 1 | Jynx torquilla |
| 7 | Levaillant's Woodpecker | 1 | 3 | Picus vaillantii |
| 5 | Great spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocops major | ||
| 7 | Bar-tailed Lark | 4 | 20 | Ammomanes cincturus |
| 7 | Desert Lark | 2 | 2 | Ammomanes deserti |
| 7 | Greater Hoopoe Lark | 3 | 10 | Alaemon alaudipes |
| 6 | Thick-billed Lark | 2 | 4 | Rhamphocoris clotbey |
| 7 | Greater Short-toed Lark | 4 | 150 | Calandrella brachydactyla |
| 6 | Lesser Short-toed Lark | 1 | 20 | Calandrella rufescens |
| 7 | Crested Lark | 1 | 2 | Galerida cristata |
| 7 | Long-billed Crested Lark | 2 | 4 | Galerida macrorhyncha |
| 7 | Thekla Lark | 3 | 2 | Lullula arborea |
| 5 | Woodlark | 2 | 2 | Galerida theklae |
| 2 | Skylark | Alauda arvensis | ||
| 7 | 'Atlas' Horned Lark | 2 | 3 | Eremophila alpestris atlas |
| 7 | Temminck's Lark | 2 | 30 | Eremophila bilopha |
| 7 | Sand Martin | 2 | 3 | Riparia riparia |
| 3 | Brown-throated Martin * | 1 | 20 | Riparia paludicola |
| 4 | Eurasian Crag Martin | 4 | 6 | Ptyonoprogne rupestris |
| 7 | Barn Swallow | 10 | 200 | Hirundo rustica |
| 7 | Red-rumped Swallow | 5 | 8 | Cecropis daurica |
| 6 | House Martin | 4 | 6 | Delichon urbicum |
| 1 | Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | ||
| 6 | Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | ||
| 5 | Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | ||
| 3 | Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | ||
| 3 | Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | ||
| 7 | Yellow Wagtail | 5 | 7 | Motacilla flava |
| 7 | Spanish Wagtail | 3 | 6 | Motacilla iberiae |
| 7 | Grey Wagtail | 1 | 3 | Motacilla cinerea |
| 6 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | ||
| 6 | Moroccan Wagtail | 1 | 1 | Motacilla subpersonata |
| 7 | Common Bulbul | 10 | 30 | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 7 | Winter Wren | 2 | 1 | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| 7 | White-throated Dipper | 1 | 1 | Cinclus cinclus |
| 3 | Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | ||
| 7 | European Robin | 1 | 1 | Erithacus rubecula |
| 1 | Rufous Bush Robin | 4 | 6 | Cercotrichas galactotes |
| 7 | Common Nightingale | 2 | 2 | Luscinia megarhynchos |
| 4 | Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | ||
| 7 | Black Redstart | 2 | 10 | Phoenicurus ochruros |
| 7 | Common Redstart | 3 | 3 | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| 7 | Moussier's Redstart | 4 | 10 | Phoenicurus moussieri |
| 4 | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | ||
| 5 | European Stonechat | 1 | 8 | Saxicola torquata |
| 7 | Northern Wheatear | 2 | 2 | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 7 | Seebohm's Wheatear | 2 | 4 | Oenanthe seebohmi |
| 7 | Desert Wheatear | 6 | 20 | Oenanthe deserti |
| 7 | Western Black-eared Wheatear | 3 | 3 | Oenanthe hispanica |
| 3 | Maghreb Wheatear | Oenanthe halophila | ||
| 7 | Red-rumped Wheatear | 2 | 15 | Oenanthe moesta |
| 7 | White-crowned Wheatear | 4 | 20 | Oenanthe leucopyga |
| 7 | Black Wheatear | 7 | 6 | Oenanthe leucura |
| 6 | Blue Rock Thrush | 3 | 7 | Monticola solitarius |
| 1 | Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | ||
| 7 | Common Blackbird | 9 | 10 | Turdus merula |
| 2 | Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | ||
| 7 | Mistle Thrush | 2 | 4 | Turdus viscivorus |
| 7 | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | 1 | Cettia cetti |
| 7 | Zitting Cisticola | 5 | 12 | Cisticola juncidis |
| 3 | Scrub Warbler | 1 | 1 | Scotocerca inquieta |
| 5 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | ||
| 5 | Eurasian Reed Warbler | 2 | 2 | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 3 | Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | ||
| 2 | Melodious Warbler | 5 | 3 | Hippolais polyglotta |
| 6 | Western Olivaceous Warbler | 5 | 5 | Hippolais opaca |
| 3 | 'Saharan' Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | 1 | 3 | Hippolais pallidus reiseri |
| 2 | Olivaceous Warbler sp. | 2 | 10 | Hippolais opaca/pallidus |
| 6 | Tristram's Warbler | 1 | 1 | Sylvia deserticola |
| 7 | Spectacled Warbler | 2 | 4 | Sylvia conspicillata |
| 6 | Common Whitethroat | 1 | 1 | Sylvia communis |
| 7 | 'Western' Subalpine Warbler | 3 | 7 | Sylvia cantillans |
| 7 | Sardinian Warbler | 4 | 15 | Sylvia melanocephala |
| 5 | African Desert Warbler | 1 | 3 | Sylvia deserti |
| 6 | Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | ||
| 2 | Garden Warbler | 1 | 1 | Slyvia borin |
| 3 | Western Orphean Warbler | 2 | 3 | Sylvia hortensis |
| 7 | Western Bonelli's Warbler | 1 | 1 | Phylloscopus bonelli |
| 5 | Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | ||
| 1 | Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | ||
| 7 | Willow Warbler | 1 | 1 | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 1 | Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | ||
| 3 | Spotted Flycatcher | 3 | 5 | Muscicapa striata |
| 2 | European Pied Flycatcher | 2 | 1 | Ficedula hypoleuca |
| 7 | Fulvous Babbler | 2 | 4 | Turdoides fulvus |
| 7 | Coal Tit | 1 | 1 | Periparus ater |
| 7 | African Blue Tit | 3 | 6 | Cyanistes ultramarinus |
| 7 | Great Tit | 2 | 2 | Parus major |
| 6 | Black-crowned Tchagra | 1 | 2 | Tchagra senegala |
| 7 | Desert Grey Shrike | 7 | 10 | Lanius elegans/algeriensis |
| 7 | Woodchat Shrike | 9 | 15 | Lanius senator |
| 7 | Maghreb Magpie | 4 | 20 | Pica mauritanica |
| 7 | Alpine Chough | 2 | 300 | Pyrrhocorax graculus |
| 7 | Red-billed Chough | 2 | 100 | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
| 7 | Northern Raven | 4 | 6 | Corvus corax tingitanus |
| 7 | Brown-necked Raven | 3 | 500 | Corvus ruficollis |
| 7 | Spotless Starling | 5 | 40 | Sturnus unicolor |
| 2 | Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | ||
| 7 | House Sparrow | 10 | 100 | Passer domesticus |
| 1 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | ||
| 5 | Spanish Sparrow | 3 | 100 | Passer hispaniolensis |
| 7 | Desert Sparrow | 1 | 2 | Passer simplex |
| 6 | Rock Sparrow | 2 | 20 | Petronia petronia |
| 1 | European Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | ||
| 7 | 'Atlas' Chaffinch | 5 | 12 | Fringilla coelebs africana |
| 1 | Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | ||
| 7 | European Serin | 7 | 10 | Serinus serinus |
| 7 | European Greenfinch | 4 | 2 | Carduelis chloris |
| 7 | European Goldfinch | 5 | 20 | Carduelis carduelis |
| 7 | Common Linnet | 1 | 10 | Carduelis cannabina |
| 2 | 'Atlas' Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra poliogyna | ||
| 5 | 'African' Crimson-winged Finch | 2 | 11 | Rhodopechys alienus |
| 7 | Trumpeter Finch | 6 | 200 | Bucanetes githagineus |
| 2 | Hawfinch | 1 | 15 | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| 7 | Cirl Bunting | 3 | 3 | Emberiza cirlus |
| 6 | Rock Bunting | 1 | 1 | Emberiza cia |
| 7 | House Bunting | 9 | 5 | Emberiza striolata |
| 1 | Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | ||
| 7 | Corn Bunting | 3 | 4 | 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.