List of birds of Morocco
This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
They are the largest living species of bird and are distinctive in appearance, with a long neck and legs and the ability to run at high speeds.
Order: Galliformes Family: Numididae Guineafowl are a group of African birds that resemble partridges, but with featherless heads and spangled grey plumage.
Order: Phoenicopteriformes Family: Phoenicopteridae Flamingos are gregarious wading birds, usually 3 to 5 feet (0.9 to 1.5 m) tall, found in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres.
Order: Otidiformes Family: Otididae Bustards are large terrestrial birds mainly associated with dry open country and steppes in the Old World.
[2] Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae The cuckoos are birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails, and strong legs.
[2] Order: Charadriiformes Family: Burhinidae The thick-knees are a group of waders found worldwide within the tropical zone, with some species also breeding in temperate Europe and Australia.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Haematopodidae The oystercatchers are large and noisy plover-like birds, with strong bills used for smashing or prising open molluscs.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Rostratulidae Painted-snipes are short-legged, long-billed birds similar in shape to the true snipes, but more brightly coloured.
Variation in length of legs and bills enables multiple species to feed in the same habitat, particularly on the coast, without direct competition for food.
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Turnicidae The buttonquails are small, drab, running birds which resemble the true quails.
Terns are a group of generally medium to large seabirds typically with grey or white plumage, often with black markings on the head.
Order: Gaviiformes Family: Gaviidae Loons are a group of aquatic birds found in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere.
Order: Phaethontiformes Family: Phaethontidae Tropicbirds are slender white birds of tropical oceans, with exceptionally long central tail feathers.
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Oceanitidae The storm-petrels are the smallest seabirds, relatives of the petrels, feeding on planktonic crustaceans and small fish picked from the surface, typically while hovering.
Order: Procellariiformes Family: Procellariidae The procellariids are the main group of medium-sized "true petrels", characterised by united nostrils with medium septum and a long outer functional primary.
Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.
Order: Suliformes Family: Anhingidae Anhingas or darters are water birds with a distinctive long slender neck and bill.
Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey.
Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Upupidae Hoopoes have black, white, and orangey-pink colouring with a large erectile crest on their head.
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae Kingfishers are medium-sized birds with large heads, long pointed bills, short legs, and stubby tails.
Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae Rollers resemble crows in size and build, but are more closely related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues.
Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittaculidae Parrots are small to large birds with a characteristic curved beak shape.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae Bushshrikes are similar in habits to shrikes, hunting insects and other small prey from a perch on a bush.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Remizidae The penduline-tits are a group of small passerine birds related to the true tits.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Panuridae The bearded reedling is a small bird found in reed beds across temperate Asia with smaller populations throughout Europe.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Aegithalidae Long-tailed tits are a group of small passerine birds with medium to long tails.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Tichodromidae The wallcreeper is a small bird, with crimson, grey, and black plumage, related to the nuthatches.
Order: Passeriformes Family: Cinclidae Dippers are a group of perching birds which specialise in feeding in running water.
