Jordan · Zarqa Governorate
Azraq Wetland Reserve
257 species and 10,463 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 150 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great EgretArdea alba
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 257 species recorded here
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Common Crane Grus grus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Egyptian Nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Pallid Scops Owl Otus brucei
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Asian Desert Warbler Curruca nana
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Basra Reed Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Azraq Wetland Reserve?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 150 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Azraq Wetland Reserve?
257 species, from 10,463 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Azraq Wetland Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, Common Moorhen, Mallard, Little Grebe and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.