Birds of Lebanon
242 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great TitParus major
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
European StonechatSaxicola rubicolaMost recorded
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisHotspots with the most records
- Ammiq WetlandBeqaa Governorate199 species
- Beirut – Sabtieh, Middle East UniversityMount Lebanon Governorate97 species
- Beirut – waterfrontBayrut131 species
All species recorded · 242
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- 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
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- 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
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
- Yelkouan Shearwater Puffinus yelkouan
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- 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
- Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- 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
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- 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
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- 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
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Sombre Tit Poecile lugubris
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- 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
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- 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
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus