Birds of Morocco

Index of articles about “Moroccan birds”: ornithological studies and reports, rare birds sightings, general birding news,…etc. In short, everything about birds and birding in Morocco is filed under this category.

Study of Eleonora’s Falcons breeding at Essaouira, Morocco

/ Birds of Morocco

A team of ornithologists of GREPOM/BirdLife Morocco shouldered by the local team of the Hight Commission for Water, Forestry and Desertification Control (HCEFLCD) and supported by the PIM Initiative (Mediterranean Small Islands Initiative) visited the archipelago of Essaouira (Mogador) in late July to monitor the reproduction of the local population of the Eleonora’s Falcon (Falco eleonorae). During

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Commerce illégal des oiseaux sauvages sur Internet

/ Birds of Morocco, Conservation News
Example of birds for sale on Avito.ma / Exemple d'oiseaux à vendre sur Avito.ma

Le site-web Avito.ma permet aux braconniers d’annoncer et de vendre des oiseaux sauvages en utilisant leur plateforme. Parce que tous les rapaces et autres oiseaux sont protégés par la loi marocaine, ce commerce illégal des oiseaux sauvages est une infraction criminelle. Le site Avito.ma (et tout autre site-web similaire) sont autant responsable que les braconniers/annonceurs:

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First White-backed Vulture for Morocco and North Africa

/ Birding News, Birds of Morocco
White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) and Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) on the right, Tétouan, northern Morocco, 25 May 2014

A mega Western Palearctic rarity! Yesterday, we reported the observation of 3 Rüppell’s Vultures at a carcass near Tétouan, northern Morocco. Today, we went back to the site and to our great pleasure we found a White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) with the other birds that roosted locally the previous night. At our arrival at the

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3 Rüppell’s Vultures at Jbel Bouhachem, northern Morocco

/ Birding News, Birds of Morocco
3 different Rüppell’s Vultures observed at Jbel Bouhachem, northern Morocco

Three different Rüppell’s Vultures observed at Jbel Bouhachem, northern Morocco. This is a real unexpected bonus as the site is a bit inland from the Strait of Gibraltar where the vultures normally gather. Just a few days ago, we talked about watching the spectacle of bird migration at Jbel Moussa on the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Rüppell’s Vulture exhibited for tourists at Jemaa el-Fna, Marrakech

/ Birds of Morocco

A Rüppell’s Vulture used as a photo props at Jemaa el-Fna square in Marrakech for nearly a year. The Rüppell’s Vulture is undergoing a rapide decline across most of its breeding range in sub-Saharan Africa. Recently, it has been upgraded to the Endangered status in the IUCN Red List (previously was listed as Near Threatened). Since

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Commerce illégal des oiseaux sauvages au Maroc: photo-reportage

/ Birds of Morocco, Conservation News
Common Buzzards (Buteo buteo), Casablanca

Ces images montrent l’ampleur du commerce illégal des oiseaux sauvages au Maroc. C’est juste un rappel à toutes les parties concernées sur ce commerce illégal et non durable. En vertu de la loi marocaine, toutes ces espèces sont protégées. Les photos ont été prises par Daniel Bergin en Mai-Juin 2013 dans différentes villes marocaines (Rabat,

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First White-throated Bee-eater for the Western Palearctic

/ Birding News, Birds of Morocco
White-throated Bee-eater / Guêpier à gorge blanche (Merops albicollis), Dakhla bay, 10 March 2017 (Phil Abbott).

A White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) was observed at ‘Gleb Jdiane’, Oued Dahab, on 5 and 6 December 2013 by Noëlle and Hervé Jacob (see the short video). This would be the first record for Morocco if accepted by the Moroccan Rare Birds Committee (MRBC). There was no previous observation of White-throated Bee-eater in the Western

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