Bird AlbumJordan · Ma'an Governorate
Petra
173 species and 6,714 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 68 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
White WagtailMotacilla alba
White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti29 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 173 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 173 species recorded here
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tristram's Starling Onychognathus tristramii
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Mourning Wheatear Oenanthe lugens
- White-spectacled Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos
- Fan-tailed Raven Corvus rhipidurus
- Sinai Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus
- Blackstart Oenanthe melanura
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Streaked Scrub Warbler Scotocerca inquieta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Hooded Wheatear Oenanthe monacha
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Sand Partridge Ammoperdix heyi
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- European Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Tit Parus major
- Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes githagineus
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Arabian Warbler Curruca leucomelaena
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Eastern Orphean Warbler Curruca crassirostris
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Bar-tailed Lark Ammomanes cinctura
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Syrian Serin Serinus syriacus
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Pale Rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberiza caesia
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Arabian Babbler Argya squamiceps
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Temminck's Lark Eremophila bilopha
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Red-rumped Wheatear Oenanthe moesta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus leucotis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- European Serin Serinus serinus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Pharaoh Eagle-Owl Bubo ascalaphus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Tawny Owl Strix aluco
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Eastern Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
- Arabian Green Bee-eater Merops cyanophrys
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-eyed Gull Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Rüppell's Warbler Curruca ruppeli
- Striolated Bunting Emberiza striolata
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Cyprus Wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
- Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Spotted Sandgrouse Pterocles senegallus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus
- Eastern Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Woodlark Lullula arborea
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Petra?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 68 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Petra?
173 species, from 6,714 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Petra in November?
The most recorded in November: House Sparrow, Tristram's Starling, Rock Dove, Mourning Wheatear and Laughing 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.