Israel · Jerusalem District
Gazelle Valley
217 species and 120,768 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and September–October, with up to 134 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Western JackdawColoeus monedula
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebsSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jerusalem Bird Observatory2 km201 species
- Elazar12 km167 species
- Kfar Adumim16 km177 species
- Tsor'a Fields23 km230 species
- Kokhav Hashakhar NP26 km176 species
- Hulda Reservoir31 km233 species
All 217 species recorded here
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Tit Parus major
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gazelle Valley?
April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 134 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gazelle Valley?
217 species, from 120,768 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gazelle Valley in November?
The most recorded in November: Hooded Crow, White Wagtail, Common Moorhen, White-spectacled Bulbul and House Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.