Birds of Jordan
314 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Rock DoveColumba livia
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
Eurasian CootFulica atra
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoMost recorded
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicusHotspots with the most records
- Azraq Wetland ReserveZarqa Governorate257 species
- Aqaba Bird ObservatoryAqaba Governorate218 species
- PetraMa'an Governorate173 species
All species recorded · 314
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Asian Houbara Chlamydotis macqueenii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis
- Eastern Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca
- Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata