Flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus?), an Avocet (Recurcirostra avosetta) and a Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) in the Massa estuary

Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) in the Souss-Massa National Park

Gerontius eremita or Northern Bald Ibis, a critically endangered species which is in fact beginning to thrive in the Souss-Massa National Park.  Strange looking birds that use their beaks to dig for insects and small lizards in the sandy earth

Greenfinch (I think) Chloris chloris

Barbary Partridge (Alectoris barbara) in an Argan tree

Hoopoe - Upupa epops

the Amazigh word for Hoopoe is Hood-Hood

Bee Eater

Merops apiaster

Grey Wagtail

Magpie, Pica pica mauretanica: we have lots and they are very splendid.  I could have spent all day watching them play in the wind.

Moussiere’s Redstart