Birds from Western Sahara (350 bird species)
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- African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
- African CrakeCrex egregia
- African Desert WarblerSylvia deserti
- African HoubaraChlamydotis undulata
- Allen’s GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Atlantic PuffinFratercula arctica
- Audouin’s GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Audubon’s ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Baillon’s CrakeZapornia pusilla
- Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
- Band-rumped Storm-petrelHydrobates castro
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-crowned Sparrow-larkEremopterix nigriceps
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black-throated WheatearOenanthe seebohmi
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Bonaparte’s GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bonelli’s EagleAquila fasciata
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellus
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Buff-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Bulwer’s PetrelBulweria bulwerii
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsii
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Cetti’s WarblerCettia cetti
- Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Collared Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Barn-owlTyto alba
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common CootFulica atra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Common Grasshopper-warblerLocustella naevia
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Common Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common MurreUria aalge
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common RavenCorvus corax
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common ScoterMelanitta nigra
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common TealAnas crecca
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Common WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- CorncrakeCrex crex
- Cory’s ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Dark Chanting-goshawkMelierax metabates
- Dartford WarblerSylvia undata
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Desertas PetrelPterodroma deserta
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Dunn’s LarkEremalauda dunni
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eleonora’s FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian Collared-doveStreptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scops
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian WigeonAnas penelope
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- European ShagPhalacrocorax aristotelis
- European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicus
- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turtur
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Franklin’s GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Fulvous BabblerTurdoides fulva
- GadwallAnas strepera
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GarganeyAnas querquedula
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Great Reed-warblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravis
- Great SkuaStercorarius skua
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Great TitParus major
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Greater Hoopoe-larkAlaemon alaudipes
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Isabelline WarblerIduna opaca
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Leach’s Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhous
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Lesser Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens
- Lesser WhitethroatSylvia curruca
- Little CrakePorzana parva
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Maghreb MagpiePica mauritanica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Marbled TealMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Mew GullLarus canus
- Montagu’s HarrierCircus pygargus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Moussier’s RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Northern Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Pale Rock MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Pallas’s GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pharaoh Eagle-owlBubo ascalaphus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Plain SwiftApus unicolor
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- RazorbillAlca torda
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Richard’s PipitAnthus richardi
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Rock PipitAnthus petrosus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilis
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-robinCercotrichas galactotes
- Rüppell’s VultureGyps rueppelli
- Sabine’s GullXema sabini
- Saker FalconFalco cherrug
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Sardinian WarblerSylvia melanocephala
- Savi’s WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Scopoli’s ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Short-toed Snake-eagleCircaetus gallicus
- Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostris
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Spanish Imperial EagleAquila adalberti
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Spectacled WarblerSylvia conspicillata
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Streaked Scrub-warblerScotocerca inquieta
- Subalpine WarblerSylvia cantillans
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Temminck’s LarkEremophila bilopha
- Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii
- Thekla’s LarkGalerida theklae
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Tristram’s WarblerSylvia deserticola
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Western Bonelli’s WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosus
- Western Orphean WarblerSylvia hortensis
- Western Reef-egretEgretta gularis
- Western Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- White-faced Storm-petrelPelagodroma marina
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wilson’s PhalaropeSteganopus tricolor
- Wilson’s Storm-petrelOceanites oceanicus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Zino’s PetrelPterodroma madeira
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis