Birds of Syria

226 species recorded at 3 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded

Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus

Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus

Rock DoveColumba livia

Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

Eurasian CootFulica atra

Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha

Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti

Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor

Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides

Crested LarkGalerida cristata

Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens

Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Hotspots with the most records

Palmyra – Ibis Protected AreaHoms Governorate168 species
Mhaymidah – outcrop SE of cityDeir ez-Zor Governorate109 species
Al Jaboul LakeHalab135 species

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All species recorded · 226

Greylag Goose Anser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
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
White-headed Duck Oxyura leucocephala
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift Apus apus
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
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
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
Little Crake Zapornia parva
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
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
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
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
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
Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Common Gull Larus canus
Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
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
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
Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
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
Little Owl Athene noctua
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Merlin Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Northern Raven Corvus corax
Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
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
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Iraq Babbler Argya altirostris
Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
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
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
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
Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus