Bird AlbumIsrael · HaZafon
Kfar Ruppin fishponds
260 species and 80,689 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto157 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 260 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mt. Kabir31 km169 species
- Hama'apil Fishponds55 km238 species
- Kokhav Hashakhar NP59 km176 species
- Ma'agan Michael Fishponds & Beach62 km276 species
- Ma'ayan Tzvi Fishponds62 km261 species
- Ein Hamifratz Fishponds66 km232 species
All 260 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pygmy Cormorant Microcarbo pygmaeus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Armenian Gull Larus armenicus
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Great Tit Parus major
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Black Francolin Francolinus francolinus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Marbled Duck Marmaronetta angustirostris
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Dunnock Prunella modularis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Mountain Chiffchaff Phylloscopus sindianus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kfar Ruppin fishponds?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kfar Ruppin fishponds?
260 species, from 80,689 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kfar Ruppin fishponds in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Kingfisher, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Black Kite and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.