eBird Field Checklist
Western Sahara
ebird.org/region/EH
236 species (+45 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Brant
Ruddy Shelduck
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Garganey/Green-winged Teal
Marbled Duck
Common Pochard
Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)
Common Scoter
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Common Quail
Barbary Partridge
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Common Wood-Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
sandgrouse sp.
Bustards
African Houbara
bustard sp.
Cuckoos
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Nightjars
Eurasian Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Golden Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
Swifts
Common Swift
Plain Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Spotted Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Allen's Gallinule
Shorebirds
Eurasian Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Eurasian Dotterel
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Northern Lapwing
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Red Phalarope
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
jaeger/skua sp.
Alcids
Atlantic Puffin
Razorbill
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Sabine's Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Kelp Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Yellow-legged/Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
tern sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Bulwer's Petrel
Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
small shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Black Stork
White Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Egyptian Vulture
Eurasian Griffon
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Golden Eagle
Bonelli's Eagle
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
Long-legged Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
Western Barn Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Little Owl
Long-eared Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
falcon sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Bushshrikes and Allies
Black-crowned Tchagra
Shrikes
Great Gray Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Maghreb Magpie
Pied Crow
Brown-necked Raven
raven sp.
Larks
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Thick-billed Lark
Bar-tailed Lark
Desert Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Thekla's Lark
Crested Lark
Thekla's/Crested Lark
Horned Lark
Temminck's Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Dunn's Lark
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark
lark sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Cricket Longtail
Reed Warblers and Allies
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Eastern/Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Hippolais sp.
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Savi's Warbler
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Western House-Martin
European Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Yellow-browed Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Iberian Chiffchaff
Common/Iberian Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Scrub Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Western Orphean Warbler
African Desert Warbler
Tristram's Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Moltoni's/Western/Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Spectacled Warbler
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Fulvous Chatterer
Thrushes
Song Thrush
Eurasian Blackbird
Ring Ouzel
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
European Robin
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
European Pied Flycatcher
Moussier's Redstart
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
European Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Atlas Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Red-rumped Wheatear
Black Wheatear
White-crowned Wheatear
Mourning Wheatear
wheatear sp.
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
House/Spanish Sparrow
Desert Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard's Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Meadow/Tree Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Trumpeter Finch
Eurasian Linnet
European Goldfinch
European Serin
Old World Buntings
Corn Bunting
Ortolan Bunting