Bird AlbumSyria · Homs Governorate
Palmyra – Ibis Protected Area
168 species and 871 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 39 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 168 species recorded here
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Bald Ibis Geronticus eremita
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Pin-tailed Sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Mediterranean Short-toed Lark Alaudala rufescens
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Turkestan Short-toed Lark Alaudala heinei
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Arabian Lark Eremalauda eremodites
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Little Crake Zapornia parva
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Moustached Warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
- Menetries's Warbler Curruca mystacea
- Yellow-throated Sparrow Gymnoris xanthocollis
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Western Rock Nuthatch Sitta neumayer
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Palmyra – Ibis Protected Area?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 39 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Palmyra – Ibis Protected Area?
168 species, from 871 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.