page_title: List of birds of Morocco
section_title: Hawks, eagles, and kites
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Morocco / Hawks, eagles, and kites
caption_attribution_description: Griffon vulture poisoned, Morocco, Atlas mountains
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Morocco. The avifauna of Morocco include a total of 483 confirmed species as of March 2020 according to iGoTerra. Of them, 133 are rare or accidental, four have been introduced by humans, and five have been extirpated from Morocco. Non-native species which have not become established, or whose natural arrival is uncertain, are not included here.
  This list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are those of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2019 edition.
  The following tags have been used to highlight several categories of occurrence.
  Accidental - a species that only rarely occurs in Morocco; records of these species require formal acceptance by the Commission d’Homologation Marocaine
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Morocco as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions, and has become established
  Extirpated - a species that no longer occurs in Morocco although populations exist elsewhere
context_section_description: Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae
  The Accipitridae is a family of birds of prey, which includes hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures. The bearded vulture, dark chanting-goshawk, and tawny eagle are all close to being extirpated in Morocco.
  Black-winged kite, Elanus caeruleus
  Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
  Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus
  European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus
  Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus (A)
  Lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotos (A)
  Hooded vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus (A)
  Rüppell's griffon, Gyps rueppelli (A)
  Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus
  Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus
  Lesser spotted eagle, Clanga pomarina (A)
  Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga (A)
  Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
  Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax
  Steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis (A)
  Spanish eagle, Aquila adalberti (Ex)
  Imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca (A)
  Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
  Bonelli's eagle, Aquila fasciata
  Dark chanting-goshawk, Melierax metabates
  Eurasian marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus
  Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
  Pallid harrier, Circus macrourus (A)
  Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus
  Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
  Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
  Red kite, Milvus milvus
  Black kite, Milvus migrans
  White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (A)
  Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
  Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
caption: A Eurasian griffon in the Atlas Mountains
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