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.
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii) is a rare and range-restricted breeding species in Morocco. In fact, it’s so localised and discrete that it’s included in the list of species to be submitted to the Moroccan Rare Birds Committee (in order to help gather more data about its distribution). There are however some sites where the species […]
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بعض الصيادون المغاربة (أو الصيادة كما يعرفون بالدارجة) يقتلون بطريقة غير مشروعة حيوانات محمية بالقانون المغربي و الدولي. الصور أدناه تظهر هؤلاء “الصيادين” يأخذون الصور بكل فخر مع ضحيتهم النسر الأسمر في نواحي إقليم أزيلال، وسط المغرب. في الخريف الماضي، قام أطفال بالتعدي على بعض النسور المهاجرة بالقرب من مدينة وزان – بكل تأكيد قد
صيادون يقتلون طيور محمية. ماذا يقول القانون؟ Read More »
Red-necked Ostrich (or North African Ostrich) returns to breed in Western Sahara, southern Morocco, after it went extinct there almost 50 years ago. The North African Ostrich (Struthio camelus camelus) is the largest Ostrich subspecies. It roamed West and North Africa before its local extinction from most of its former range. Currently, it’s classified as
North African Ostrich returns to W. Sahara after decades of absence Read More »
A new multi-species heronry found at Dayet Roumi during this breeding season by Abdelhak Elbanak. The new heronry is installed on about two hundred Eucalyptus trees at the western edge of Dayet Roumi. For those who don’t know the site, Dayet Roumi (splet also as Dayet Erroumi, Dayet Ait Ouribel) is a small lake that covers
New heronry found at Dayet Roumi, Morocco Read More »
Laughing Dove reached Tétouan in northernmost Morocco, its final step before crossing the Strait of Gibraltar to colonise Europe. La Tourterelle maillée a atteint Tétouan au nord du Maroc, sa dernière étape avant de traverser le détroit de Gibraltar pour coloniser l’Europe. Laughing Doves (Spilopelia senegalensis) observed near Tétouan from mid-February until June 2013. The
Laughing Dove reached north Morocco – colonising Europe is next Read More »
Some feral parrots observed in the gardens and parks of Mohammedia, Morocco: Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus): A group of eight Senegal Parrots is frequently observed since mid-2011 in the gardens of Mohammedia. They probably escaped from captivity, but their numbers implies that they may breed locally. Will they manage to establish a breeding population or
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Many desert birds are nomadic and their movements are governed mainly by local rainfall which is scarce and occasional in the Sahara. It’s known that annual plants in the deserts respond to the short periods of rains with extremely rapid growth. This consequently engenders rapid growth in animal life (insects, other arthropods…). And desert birds
Birding the Sahara: go after the rains Read More »
Three pairs of Monk Parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus) constructing a colony nest on Eucalyptus trees in Melilla on 13 August 2012 were reported by Diego Jerez in his blog Aves y Natura Norteafricanas. He added that this is the first observation of the species in Melilla and the birds were originated without a doubt from escaped
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The House Bunting (Emberiza sahari) colonised Tangier in mid-2000. However, despite searching the species has never been recorded at Tétouan or at any other locality in northernmost Morocco outside of Tangier. The House Bunting at Tétouan was recorded thanks to Yousef El Ouahabi who had been observing them visiting his house to feed with the
House Bunting finally colonised Tétouan, northern Morocco Read More »
On 12 May 2012, we visited Smir wetland to observe and count the breeding populations at the adjacent heronry. Unlike last year, this breeding season was not very good for all nesting birds, drought and disturbance have probably both contributed to the failure of the breeding this season. Here are the numbers we have counted
Smir heronry in the breeding season 2012 Read More »