Birding in Morocco 2026

I went on a birding trip to Morocco in January 2026 and visited the following places: Marrakech - High Atlas Mountains - Oukaimeden - Ouarzazate - oumalne du Dades - Todra Gorge - Goulmima - Merzouga - Erg Chebbi Dunes - Rissani - Tazzarine - Draa Valley - Anti Atlas Mountains - Souss Valley – Taroudant – Agadir - Sous Massa National Park - Oude Massa. Follow my Instagram account #eksterogen for pictures of this trip My local guide Hamid Mezane from Birdwatching Morocco Tours was a really good guide and I can recommend him. Some of the birds that I saw were: Temminck's Horned lark Crimson winged finch Black wheatear House bunting African blue tit Leiviand green woodpecker African chaffinch Moussier redstart Magreb magpie Tristams warbler Desert lark White crowned wheatear Trumpeter finch Red rumped wheatear Thick billed lark Black bellied Sandgrouse Atlas Long legged buzzard Desert wheatear Pharaoh eagle-owl Scrubbed warbler Brown necked raven Hoopoo lark Bar tailed lark Crowned sandgrouse Desert sparrow Fulvous babler Spectacled warbler Desert warbler Spotted sandgrouse Crag Martin Bonelli’s eagle Rock pigeon Bald ibis Black crowned Chakra Red necked nighjar Eleonora’s Falcon Audouin's gull Lesser Short toed lark Maghreb wheatear