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Essaouira
This checklist includes all bird species found in Essaouira , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Essaouira [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2022-10-16
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| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Scoter | Melanitta nigra | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Marbled Teal | Marmaronetta angustirostris | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
| Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Extirpated |
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| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Barbary Partridge | Alectoris barbara | |
| Double-spurred Francolin | Pternistis bicalcaratus | |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
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| Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | |
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Plain Swift | Apus unicolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Houbara Bustard | Chlamydotis undulata | |
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| Great Northern Diver | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
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| Wilson's Storm-petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| White-faced Storm-petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
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| European Storm-petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Madeiran Storm-petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
| Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
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| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | |
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef Egret | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
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| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
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| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Atlantic Puffin | Fratercula arctica | |
| Razorbill | Alca torda | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
| Desert Eagle Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Levaillant's Woodpecker | Picus vaillantii | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | Rare/Accidental |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
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| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | |
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| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | |
| Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
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| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | |
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
| Rock Pipit | Anthus petrosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguineus | |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | |
| European Greenfinch | Chloris chloris | |
| Common Linnet | Linaria cannabina | |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | |
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Striated Bunting | Fringillaria striolata | |
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | |
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | |
| Cirl Bunting | Emberiza cirlus | |
| Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Canary Islands Tit | Cyanistes teneriffae | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | |
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| Greater Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Alaudala rufescens | |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
| Wood Lark | Lullula arborea | |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| Thekla Lark | Galerida theklae | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | |
| Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | |
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| Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Isabelline Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Pale Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Rhadina bonelli | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Streaked Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | |
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
| Tristram's Warbler | Curruca deserticola | |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
| Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca inornata | |
| Sardinian Warbler | Curruca melanocephala | |
| Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | |
| Dartford Warbler | Curruca undata | |
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| Eurasian Firecrest | Regulus ignicapilla | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Spotless Starling | Sturnus unicolor | |
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| Rufous Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| Atlas Flycatcher | Ficedula speculigera | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Moussier's Redstart | Phoenicurus moussieri | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | |
| Black Wheatear | Oenanthe leucura | |
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| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | |
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | |
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | |
| Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | |
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