🇪🇭What animals live in Western Sahara?
219,294 animal records from Western Sahara cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.
- 219,294 records
- 1,200+ species
- 0 classes
Most-recorded animals in Western Sahara
| Animal | Group | Records | |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus |
Aves Laridae |
168,967 |
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Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus |
Aves Accipitridae |
4,246 |
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Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Alaemon alaudipes |
Aves Alaudidae |
921 |
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Great Gray Shrike
Lanius excubitor |
Aves Laniidae |
812 |
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Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia |
Aves Laridae |
720 |
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Brown-necked Raven
Corvus ruficollis |
Aves Corvidae |
665 |
| Cream-colored Courser
Cursorius cursor |
Aves Glareolidae |
663 | |
| Desert Sparrow
Passer simplex |
Aves Passeridae |
600 | |
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Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica |
Aves Hirundinidae |
576 |
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Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii |
Aves Laridae |
564 |
| Bar-tailed Lark
Ammomanes cinctura |
Aves Alaudidae |
551 | |
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Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti |
Aves Muscicapidae |
539 |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix nigriceps |
Aves Alaudidae |
510 | |
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Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis |
Aves Laridae |
504 |
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House Sparrow
Passer domesticus |
Aves Passeridae |
466 |
| Cricket Longtail
Spiloptila clamans |
Aves Cisticolidae |
460 | |
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Black Wheatear
Oenanthe leucura |
Aves Muscicapidae |
446 |
| Fulvous Chatterer
Turdoides fulva |
Aves Leiothrichidae |
445 | |
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Osprey
Pandion haliaetus |
Aves Pandionidae |
431 |
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Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe |
Aves Muscicapidae |
427 |
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Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklae |
Aves Alaudidae |
424 |
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Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus |
Aves Phoenicopteridae |
396 |
| Temminck's Lark
Eremophila bilopha |
Aves Alaudidae |
386 | |
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Eurasian Collared-Dove
Streptopelia decaocto |
Aves Columbidae |
384 |
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White Wagtail
Motacilla alba |
Aves Motacillidae |
378 |
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Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus |
Aves Sulidae |
375 |
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Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis |
Aves Laridae |
339 |
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White-crowned Wheatear
Oenanthe leucopyga |
Aves Muscicapidae |
337 |
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Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Aves Phalacrocoracidae |
335 |
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Gray
Ardea cinerea |
Aves Ardeidae |
326 |
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Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus |
Aves Accipitridae |
317 |
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Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita |
Aves Phylloscopidae |
316 |
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Little Egret
Egretta garzetta |
Aves Ardeidae |
309 |
| Red-rumped Wheatear
Oenanthe moesta |
Aves Muscicapidae |
292 | |
| Dunn's Lark
Eremalauda dunni |
Aves Alaudidae |
290 | |
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Sanderling
Calidris alba |
Aves Scolopacidae |
283 |
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Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica |
Aves Scolopacidae |
278 |
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Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula |
Aves Charadriidae |
275 |
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Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus |
Aves Charadriidae |
256 |
| Spectacled Warbler
Sylvia conspicillata |
Aves Sylviidae |
252 | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia |
Aves Threskiornithidae |
243 |
| West African Crested Tern
Thalasseus albididorsalis |
Aves Laridae |
238 | |
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Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola |
Aves Charadriidae |
229 |
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Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei |
Aves Laridae |
227 |
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Dunlin
Calidris alpina |
Aves Scolopacidae |
222 |
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Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus |
Aves Falconidae |
218 |
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Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus |
Aves Scolopacidae |
217 |
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sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus |
Mammalia Physeteridae |
215 |
| loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta |
Testudines Cheloniidae |
211 | |
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Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator |
Aves Laniidae |
205 |
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Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres |
Aves Scolopacidae |
204 |
| Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla |
Aves Alaudidae |
204 | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus |
Aves Haematopodidae |
202 |
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Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis |
Aves Columbidae |
199 |
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Common Redshank
Tringa totanus |
Aves Scolopacidae |
198 |
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Trumpeter Finch
Bucanetes githagineus |
Aves Fringillidae |
198 |
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Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephala |
Aves Sylviidae |
181 |
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Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus |
Aves Stercorariidae |
174 |
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus |
Aves Recurvirostridae |
172 |
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Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops |
Aves Upupidae |
167 |
How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a
common animal or simply a well-watched one, and rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see
whether its records suggest it is resident, seasonal or just passing through.














































