Birds of Palestinian Territories
234 species recorded at 4 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Rock DoveColumba livia
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Great TitParus major
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisMost recorded
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorHotspots with the most records
- Kfar AdumimPalestinian Territory177 species
- Mt. KabirPalestinian Territory169 species
- ElazarPalestinian Territory167 species
- Kokhav Hashakhar NPPalestinian Territory176 species
All species recorded · 234
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- 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
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- 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
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- 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
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Great Tit Parus major
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- 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
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia
- 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
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- 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
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Radde's Accentor Prunella ocularis
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- 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
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- 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
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata