Site Report: Oued Massa, Morocco
Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Littoral Tiger Beetle (Calomera littoralis)
Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Crambid Snout Moth (Cornifrons ulceratalis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
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Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)
Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Littoral Tiger Beetle (Calomera littoralis)
Audouin's Gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii)
Kentish Plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus)
Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)
Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
Crambid Snout Moth (Cornifrons ulceratalis)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)
Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)
Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
River estuary.
Visits
- 2025-02-20:
- 2025-02-21: Went to a few places around the river.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (73 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Tiger Beetles
- Littoral Tiger Beetle (Calomera littoralis)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Cornifrons ulceratalis)
Phylum: Chordates
(71 records)
Class: Birds
(71 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (7 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Common Wood-Pigeon (Columba palumbus)
- Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Little Owl (Athene noctua)
- Order: Pelicans
(18 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Family: Herons
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(27 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Eurasian Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
- European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
- European Serin (Serinus serinus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegalus)
- Maghreb Magpie (Pica mauritanica)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
- House Bunting (Emberiza sahari)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- European Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Spanish Sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Sardinian Warbler (Curruca melanocephala)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- European Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis rufula)
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula)
- Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (9 records)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara)