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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Morocco. The avifauna of Morocco include a total of 562 species. Three of them have been introduced by humans.
Barbary macaque Northern bald ibis, Morocco's only endemic bird species One of the best-known mammals of Morocco is the Barbary macaque , the only monkey in Africa to be found north of the Sahara. It is found in the forests and more remote parts of the Rif, Middle, and High Atlas, as well as on the Rock of Gibraltar in extreme Southern Europe.
Pages in category "Important Bird Areas of Morocco" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It is a resident breeder of dry country from northwestern Africa from Morocco south to Mali and east to Chad. [2] In Morocco, the species has expanded from the Atlas Mountains northwards since the 1960s, and has recently reached Tangier [3] and Tétouan [4] on the southern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar. The house bunting breeds around human ...
Alban Guillaumet and colleagues noted the distinctiveness of populations from the Maghreb - birds in the dryer parts of Morocco and Tunisia had longer bills while those in more coastal northern parts had shorter bills typical of the European subspecies. The authors sampled the mitochondrial DNA and found they were distinct genetically. [2]
Moussier's redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri) is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus (redstarts), formerly classed as a member of the thrush family (Turdidae), but is now classified as an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). It is an endemic resident breeder in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa. Its habitat is open woodland in ...
There are 11 national parks in Morocco. Toubkal National Park , established in 1942, is the oldest [ 1 ] and by far the most visited. [ 2 ] The parks are situated rather well in-line, [ 3 ] so it already allows wildlife migration to some extent.
This category is for articles about bird species found in North Africa which, for the purpose of this category, is defined as: Algeria; Egypt (excluding the Sinai Peninsula) Libya; Morocco (including Spanish North African Territories) Tunisia; Western Sahara