Israel · Jerusalem District
Jerusalem Bird Observatory
201 species and 150,100 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–May and September–October, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Great TitParus major
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gazelle Valley2 km217 species
- Kfar Adumim14 km177 species
- Elazar15 km167 species
- Kokhav Hashakhar NP24 km176 species
- Tsor'a Fields24 km230 species
- Hulda Reservoir32 km233 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Warbler Phylloscopus nitidus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-fronted Serin Serinus pusillus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jerusalem Bird Observatory?
March–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jerusalem Bird Observatory?
201 species, from 150,100 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jerusalem Bird Observatory in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Blackcap, Common Chiffchaff, White-spectacled Bulbul, European Robin and Eurasian Chaffinch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.