The Moroccan Rare Birds Committee

  Annual reports

Records under review

  Session 16 (2010)

  List of species under consideration (extract from Bergier, P. & Thévenot, M. 2010. Liste des oiseaux du Maroc. Mise à jour février 2010 (rév. 3.0). Go-South Bull. 7 : 15-55)

Corvus albus - Pied Crow - Corbeau pie
Three birds were on radio masts near the Esso petrol station 360km south of Laayoune, on 13 December 2009 (Chris Batty et al.). First claimed record of this species for Morocco.

Crecopsis egregia - African Crake - Râle d'Afrique
A bird photographed near Dakhla on 11 December 2009 (F. Chevalier & I. Sessa). First claimed record of this species for Morocco.

  Summary list of all records (CHM1 through CHM15)

  MRBC status

  Suggested report template - Format de rapport suggéré

  MRBC Statistics

The MRBC

The Moroccan Rare Birds Committee (MRBC), or Commission d'Homologation Marocaine (CHM), was formed in 1995. It currenly consists of 12 members:

• Patrick Bergier (re-elected in January 2009)
• Imad Cherkaoui (joined in November 2007)
• Mostafa Fareh (re-elected in January 2009)
• Ahmed El Ghazi (re-elected in January 2009)
• Jacques Franchimont
• Diego Jerez Abad (joined in January 2009)
• Benoit Maire
• Abdeljebbar Qninba (joined in November 2007)
• Ahmed Sayad
• Michel Thévenot
• Arnoud Van den Berg (joined in November 2007)
• Gilles Willem

It aims to gather data on rare or little known birds in Morocco, and thus to increase current knowledge of the Moroccan avifauna.

The list of species considered by MRBC includes true vagrants (i.e. species with fewer than 30 records), and rare or little-known species whose current status is inadequately known.

We strongly urge visiting birdwatchers to submit descriptions of relevant species to the MRBC Secretary: