Palestinian Territories · Palestinian Territory
Kokhav Hashakhar NP
176 species and 8,219 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and September–October, with up to 87 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Great TitParus major
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
European RobinErithacus rubecula
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
House SparrowPasser domesticus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Common BlackbirdTurdus merulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kfar Adumim13 km177 species
- Jerusalem Bird Observatory24 km201 species
- Gazelle Valley26 km217 species
- Mt. Kabir33 km169 species
- Elazar38 km167 species
- Tsor'a Fields43 km230 species
All 176 species recorded here
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Great Tit Parus major
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Spectacled Warbler Curruca conspicillata
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Syrian Woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Cinereous Bunting Emberiza cineracea
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Calandra Lark Melanocorypha calandra
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cyprus Warbler Curruca melanothorax
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kokhav Hashakhar NP?
March–April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 87 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kokhav Hashakhar NP?
176 species, from 8,219 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kokhav Hashakhar NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Chaffinch, Graceful Prinia, Common Chiffchaff, Laughing Dove and Eurasian Collared Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.