Morocco Ramsar wetland
Draa River
62 bird species recorded; the most in December.
Jon Lean from Bristol, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0
This month here
26 species in January.23 species in February.20 species in March.34 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.4 species in July.13 species in August.27 species in September.32 species in October.35 species in November.40 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
62 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 62Speciesrecorded more than once
- 33Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 638Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 16Waders
- 12Gulls & seabirds
- 1Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 24Songbirds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 62 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Cream-coloured CourserCursorius cursor
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Northern gannetMorus bassanus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Desert wheatearOenanthe deserti
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens
- Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
- Moussier's RedstartPhoenicurus moussieri
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinErythropygia galactotes
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Hoopoe LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Crested larkGalerida cristata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- White-crowned Black WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Bar-tailed Desert LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/12°15 mm
- Feb20°/13°19 mm
- Mar21°/14°12 mm
- Apr21°/15°5 mm
- May22°/16°5 mm
- Jun23°/18°2 mm
- Jul25°/19°2 mm
- Aug26°/20°3 mm
- Sep25°/19°3 mm
- Oct25°/19°15 mm
- Nov22°/16°24 mm
- Dec20°/13°13 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Draa River.
River in Morocco
Draa River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Morocco.
62 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 638 open records.
The most recorded are the Lesser Black-backed Gull, the Western Marsh Harrier and the Great Cormorant.
2 species come for the summer, 30 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in December.
Get there and watch
- Bivouac librecampsite · 0.7 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tan Tan Airport (TTA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at ACE airport (San Bartolomé)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1campsites within 10 kmBivouac libre
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Draa River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 kmTouidighist · 12 kmTarf Achmîr · 14 kmGara Metbouda · 18 kmGara Hamir · 18 kmGoueïrt Itir · 20 kmMjebir · 20 kmTiazaīzine · 21 kmGâret Lemjeïbir · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Draa River
Morocco
- 45Birdyas Score
- 62Species
- 33Migrants
- 1Threatened
Souss-Massa National Park
Morocco · 209 km
- 80Birdyas Score
- 280Species
- 135Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q486636) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 638 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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