The Israeli Birding Website - birds of Israel checklist (original) (raw)
STRUTHIONIFORMES
STRUTHIONIDAE
bookmark Common Ostrich
Struthio camelus
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Extinct since 1920s
GAVIIFORMES
GAVIIDAE
bookmark Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
E
E
E
1982, 1986, 1999, 2001 and 2009
bookmark Black-throated Loon
Gavia arctica
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 16 records. Recent ones being: 2015, 2016 and 2017.
bookmark Pacific Diver
Gavia pacifica
E
E
1 record (Dec 2023)
PODICIPEDIFORMES
PODICIPEDIDAE
bookmark Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritus
E
E
E
E
E
1981, 1981, 1993, 2016, 2016 and 2017
bookmark Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
F
F
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred
bookmark Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV, SV
bookmark Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred
bookmark Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegena
E
E
E
1978, 1981, 1986, 2015 and 2021
PROCELLARIIFORMES
DIOMEDEIDAE
bookmark Shy Albatross
Thalassarche cauta
E
1981
PROCELLARIIDAE
bookmark Atlantic Petrel
Pterodroma incerta
E
E
1982 and 1989
bookmark Fea's Petrel
Pterodroma feae
E
1 record (1963)
bookmark Soft-plumaged Petrel
Pterodroma mollis
E
1997
bookmark Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris borealis
r
r
r
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV, wanderer
bookmark Scopoli's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
r
r
r
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV, wanderer
bookmark Streaked Shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas
E
E
E
E
E
E
1992, 1993, 2003 and 2008
bookmark Flesh-footed Shearwater
Ardenna carneipes
E
1980
bookmark Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna grisea
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
E
2014
bookmark Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
E
E
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 2012, 2015 and 2020.
bookmark Barolo Shearwater
Puffinus baroli
E
1988
bookmark Tropical Shearwater
Puffinus bailloni
E
E
E
E
1992 and 1999
bookmark Persian Shearwater
Puffinus persicus
E
E
E
E
1985, 1989 and 2020
bookmark Balearic Shearwater
Puffinus mauretanicus
E
E
1982 and 2002
bookmark Yelkouan Shearwater
Puffinus yelkouan
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV
OCEANITIDAE
bookmark Wilson's Storm Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
V
1983, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2020
HYDROBATIDAE
bookmark European Storm Petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus
E
E
E
E
E
1982, 1984, 1984, 1986, 1992 and 2016
bookmark Leach's Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
r
r
r
r
r
Irruptive WV
bookmark Band-rumped Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma castro
E
1983
bookmark Swinhoe's Storm Petrel
Oceanodroma monorhis
V
V
V
Total of 15 records. Recent ones being: 2018, 2019 and 2020.
PELECANIFORMES
PHAETHONTIDAE
bookmark Red-billed Tropicbird
Phaethon aethereus
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 18 records. Recent ones being: 2014, 2014 and 2016.
PHALACROCORACIDAE
bookmark European Shag
Phalacrocorax aristotelis
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
2005 and 2021
bookmark Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
C
C
C
U
U
r
r
r
U
F
C
C
WV, PM, non-breeding SV
bookmark Pygmy Cormorant
Microcarbo pygmaeus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
PELECANIDAE
bookmark Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
F
F
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
F
WV, PM, non-breeding SV
bookmark Dalmatian Pelican
Pelecanus crispus
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 1986, 1992 and 2004.
bookmark Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
V
V
V
V
V
V
Total of 14 records. Recent ones being: 2018, 2018 and 2020.
ARDEIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellaris
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
WV, PM
bookmark Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
v
v
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
r
v
WV, PM, SV
bookmark Black-crowned Night Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, SV
bookmark Striated Heron
Butorides striata
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Local breeder at the gulf of Eilat
bookmark Intermediate Egret
Ardea intermedia
E
2004
bookmark Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
U
U
U
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Chinese pond heron
Ardeola bacchus
E
2021
bookmark Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
C
C
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, SV
bookmark Western Reef Heron
Egretta gularis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
non-breedibg visitor (local at Eilat)
bookmark Great Egret
Ardea alba
F
F
F
F
U
r
r
r
U
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
C
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Goliath Heron
Ardea goliath
E
E
E
E
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 1977, 1979 and 1993.
bookmark Black Heron
Egretta ardesiaca
E
1982
bookmark Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
E
E
E
1987
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
bookmark Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
U
U
U
(Resident), PM, WV, SV
bookmark Northern Bald Ibis
Geronticus eremita
E
E
E
E
E
Total of 15 records. Recent ones being: 1984, 1995 and 2007.
bookmark Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodia
F
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
SULIFORMES
SULIDAE
bookmark Northern Gannet
Morus bassanus
U
U
U
U
U
E
E
E
E
E
U
U
WV
bookmark Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
Locally rare at Eilat
bookmark Masked Booby
Sula dactylatra
E
2004
ANHINGIDAE
bookmark African Darter
Anhinga rufa
E
2004
FREGATIDAE
bookmark Lesser Frigatebird
Fregata ariel
E
E
1997 and 1999
CICONIFORMES
CICONIIDAE
bookmark Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
E
E
2 records (1951, 1957)
bookmark Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Occasional, last on 2017
bookmark White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
U
C
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
C
U
PM, WV, SV (rare breeder)
bookmark Black Stork
Ciconia nigra
U
F
C
C
U
U
U
U
C
C
U
U
PM, WV, OS
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES
PHOENICOPTERIDAE
bookmark Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV, present yearound at Eilat, non-breeding
bookmark Lesser Flamingo
Phoeniconaias minor
E
E
E
E
2006, 2014 and 2018
ANSERIFORMES
ANATIDAE
bookmark Mute Swan
Cygnus olor
r
r
r
r
r
r
WV (irruptive)
bookmark Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus
E
E
E
E
1863, 1984, 1985, 1985, 2002 and 2011
bookmark Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 12 records. Recent ones being: 2001, 2005 and 2006.
bookmark Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV
bookmark Lesser White-fronted Goose
Anser erythropus
E
E
E
E
2014, 2016, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020
bookmark Greylag Goose
Anser anser
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV
bookmark Barnacle Goose
Branta leucopsis
E
E
E
E
2018
bookmark Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalis
E
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 2016, 2020 and 2021.
bookmark Red-breasted Goose
Branta ruficollis
E
E
E
E
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 1982, 1984 and 2002.
bookmark Lesser Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna javanica
E
E
E
E
E
1966
bookmark Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Migrants accidental till 80's. Recent records are of a feral populations.
bookmark Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadorna
U
U
U
U
r
v
v
r
r
U
U
U
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferruginea
U
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
U
U
PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
Resident, SV, PM, WV
bookmark Gadwall
Mareca strepera
U
U
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
U
U
U
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
F
F
F
F
U
v
v
U
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
C
C
C
C
C
U
r
U
C
C
C
C
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelope
F
F
F
F
U
U
v
v
U
F
F
F
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Eurasian Teal
Anas crecca
C
C
C
C
F
r
r
F
C
C
C
C
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Cape Teal
Anas capensis
E
E
E
E
E
E
1978, 1982 and 1984
bookmark Red-billed Teal
Anas erythrorhyncha
E
E
1 record (1958)
bookmark Garganey
Spatula querquedula
r
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
C
F
F
r
PM, WV, SV (very rare breeder)
bookmark Marbled Duck
Marmaronetta angustirostris
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local)
bookmark Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
C
C
C
F
U
v
v
v
U
F
C
C
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufina
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
E
1998
bookmark Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Greater Scaup
Aythya marila
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 13 records. Recent ones being: 2003, 2005 and 2016.
bookmark Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula
C
C
C
C
U
v
v
v
U
C
C
C
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Common Eider
Somateria mollissima
E
E
1942
bookmark Velvet Scoter
Melanitta fusca
E
E
E
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 2004, 2008 and 2015.
bookmark Long-tailed Duck
Clangula hyemalis
E
E
1979, 1982, 1983, 1983 and 1986
bookmark Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 1988, 2008 and 2012.
bookmark Smew
Mergellus albellus
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 20 records. Recent ones being: 2008, 2008 and 2010.
bookmark Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
E
1925 and 2004
bookmark Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV
bookmark White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
WV
ACCIPITRIFORMES
ACCIPITRIDAE
bookmark Bearded Vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 2004, 2014 and 2016.
bookmark Rüppell's Vulture
Gyps rueppelli
E
2014 and 2021
bookmark Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark White-backed vulture
Gyps africanus
E
2021 and 2021
bookmark Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachus
r
r
r
v
v
v
v
v
r
r
r
r
PM, WV, OS (formerly bred)
bookmark Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
E
E
E
1996, 1998, 2001, 2015 and 2021
bookmark Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
v
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
U
v
v
PM, WV, SV
bookmark White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV, formerly bred and re-introduced
bookmark Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
Resident
bookmark Eastern Imperial Eagle
Aquila heliaca
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Lesser Spotted Eagle
Clanga pomarina
r
r
F
C
F
U
C
C
U
r
PM, WV
bookmark Greater Spotted Eagle
Clanga clanga
U
U
U
U
v
v
v
v
v
U
U
U
PM, WV, OS (former resident)
bookmark Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
U
C
C
C
F
C
C
U
PM, WV
bookmark Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
V
V
V
V
V
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 2013, 2016 and 2021.
bookmark Verreaux's Eagle
Aquila verreauxii
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 11 records. Recent ones being: 2015, 2015 and 2018.
bookmark Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
v
v
v
v
12 records, last on 2017
bookmark Short-toed Snake Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
v
F
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
U
v
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
v
v
F
F
F
F
F
U
v
PM, WV
bookmark Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciata
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Red Kite
Milvus milvus
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 1983, 1988 and 1990.
bookmark Black Kite
Milvus migrans
F
F
C
C
C
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, SV (rare breeder)
bookmark Yellow-Billed Kite
Milvus aegyptius
E
E
E
E
E
1969, 2002, 2015 and 2018
bookmark Western Marsh Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
F
F
F
F
F
v
v
U
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Fairly Common breeder since 2005.
bookmark Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
v
v
U
U
U
U
U
U
v
v
PM, WV
bookmark Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus
U
U
F
F
U
U
F
F
U
U
PM, WV, occasionally OS
bookmark Rough-legged Buzzard
Buteo lagopus
E
E
1984, 1985, 2012, 2016 and 2016
bookmark Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo
F
C
C
C
C
U
r
r
U
F
F
F
PM, WV, occasional SV (very rare breeder)
bookmark European Honey Buzzard
Pernis apivorus
C
C
C
C
C
F
U
PM
bookmark Crested Honey Buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchus
E
E
E
U
U
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
F
F
F
F
F
r
r
r
r
F
F
F
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Shikra
Accipiter badius
E
E
1987 and 2005
bookmark Levant Sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes
U
C
C
C
C
PM
bookmark Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV
bookmark Dark Chanting Goshawk
Melierax metabates
E
1979 and 2014
PANDIONIDAE
bookmark Western Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
FALCONIFORMES
FALCONIDAE
bookmark Common Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
r
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
r
r
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus
U
U
U
U
F
F
U
PM
bookmark Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
PM, SV
bookmark Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonorae
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark Sooty Falcon
Falco concolor
r
r
U
U
U
U
U
r
(PM), SV
bookmark Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
U
U
U
U
U
r
v
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred
bookmark Merlin
Falco columbarius
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Saker Falcon
Falco cherrug
r
r
r
v
v
v
v
r
r
(PM), WV
bookmark Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, PM, WV
GALLIFORMES
PHASIANIDAE
bookmark Black Francolin
Francolinus francolinus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local)
bookmark Chukar Partridge
Alectoris chukar
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Sand Partridge
Ammoperdix heyi
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Common Quail
Coturnix coturnix
U
F
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
U
U
PM, WV,SV
GRUIFORMES
RALLIDAE
bookmark Corn Crake
Crex crex
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark African Crake
Crex egregia
E
2020
bookmark Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus
F
F
F
F
U
r
r
U
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, OS (very rare breeder / Resident)
bookmark Spotted Crake
Porzana porzana
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Little Crake
Porzana parva
r
U
F
F
U
r
v
U
U
U
U
r
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
v
U
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
U
r
v
PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark Common Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus
C
C
C
F
F
F
F
F
F
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, (SV)
bookmark Eurasian Coot
Fulica atra
C
C
C
C
C
F
F
F
F
C
C
C
(Resident), PM, WV, SV (rare breeder)
bookmark African Swamphen
Porphyrio madagascariensis
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Occasional WV, very rare breeder
GRUIDAE
bookmark Common Crane
Grus grus
C
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Demoiselle Crane
Grus virgo
r
r
r
r
r
r
PM
OTIDIDAE
bookmark Great Bustard
Otis tarda
E
E
E
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 2004, 2008 and 2015.
bookmark Macqueen's Bustard
Chlamydotis macqueenii
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Little Bustard
Tetrax tetrax
r
r
v
r
r
PM, WV
CHARADRIIFORMES
ROSTRATULIDAE
bookmark Greater Painted Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
E
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
E
E
Total of 16 records. Recent ones being: 2011, 2014 and 2020.
HAEMATOPODIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegus
v
r
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
v
v
PM (WV)
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
bookmark Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
PM, WV, SV (very rare breeder)
bookmark Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
C
C
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, SV
DROMADIDAE
bookmark Crab-Plover
Dromas ardeola
E
E
1987, 1987, 1997, 2014, 2016 and 2018
BURHINIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV, SV
bookmark Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
E
2015 and 2020
GLAREOLIDAE
bookmark Cream-coloured Courser
Cursorius cursor
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
(Resident), PM, WV, SV
bookmark Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
F
C
C
U
U
F
F
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum
E
1999
CHARADRIIDAE
bookmark Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
v
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
v
PM, WV, SV (rare breeder)
bookmark Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
F
F
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
C
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Kittlitz's Plover
Charadrius pecuarius
e
e
e
e
e
Total of 16 records. Recent ones being: 1999, 2000 and 2009.
bookmark Lesser Sand Plover
Charadrius mongolus
E
1983, 2000, 2001, 2010, 2013 and 2014
bookmark Three-banded plover
Charadrius tricollaris
E
2020
bookmark Greater Sand Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
U
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
U
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
v
r
r
r
v
v
v
v
PM
bookmark Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
F
U
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV
bookmark American Golden Plover
Pluvialis dominica
E
E
2008, 2009 and 2020
bookmark Pacific Golden Plover
Pluvialis fulva
v
v
v
v
v
r
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
U
U
r
r
r
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus
1 record (1869)
bookmark Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
C
C
C
F
F
r
r
r
F
F
C
C
PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, (SV)
bookmark Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
E
E
E
E
1991, 2001, 2017 and 2018
bookmark Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
U
U
U
r
r
r
r
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
r
r
U
U
r
r
r
r
U
U
U
r
PM, WV
SCOLOPACIDAE
bookmark Great Knot
Calidris tenuirostris
E
E
1985 and 1991
bookmark Red Knot
Calidris canutus
E
E
v
v
v
v
v
r
r
r
E
E
PM (WV)
bookmark Sanderling
Calidris alba
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
U
F
F
F
U
PM, WV
bookmark Dunlin
Calidris alpina
U
U
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
C
U
PM, WV
bookmark Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
v
F
F
U
U
F
F
U
v
v
PM, WV
bookmark Semipalmated Sandpiper
Calidris pusilla
E
1989
bookmark Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis
E
2003
bookmark Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
E
1998
bookmark White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
E
E
2004
bookmark Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
U
U
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
F
U
PM, WV
bookmark Little Stint
Calidris minuta
F
C
C
C
C
F
C
C
C
C
C
F
PM, WV
bookmark Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
E
E
1991 and 2004
bookmark Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
V
V
V
V
Total of 15 records. Recent ones being: 2014, 2017 and 2020.
bookmark Broad-billed Sandpiper
Calidris falcinellus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark Buff-breasted sandpiper
Calidris subruficollis
E
2018
bookmark Ruff
Calidris pugnax
U
F
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
F
U
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Great Snipe
Gallinago media
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
PM
bookmark Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
F
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
F
PM, WV
bookmark Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Pin-tailed Snipe
Gallinago stenura
V
V
V
Total of 13 records. Recent ones being: 2015, 2018 and 2018.
bookmark Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
F
F
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV
bookmark Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
E
E
1984 and 2017
bookmark Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosa
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
U
F
F
F
F
PM, WV
bookmark Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
v
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
v
v
PM, WV
bookmark Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
U
U
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
r
r
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
U
r
r
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Slender-billed Curlew
Numenius tenuirostris
E
1 record (1917)
bookmark Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
U
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
F
U
PM, WV
bookmark Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
F
C
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
C
F
PM, WV
bookmark Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
F
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
C
C
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
F
F
F
F
F
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV
bookmark Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
U
F
F
F
F
F
U
F
F
F
F
U
PM, WV
bookmark Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
U
U
F
F
F
U
F
F
F
F
U
PM, WV
bookmark Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
E
E
1977, 2008 and 2020
bookmark Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
r
r
r
r
U
U
r
PM
bookmark Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
U
U
C
C
C
F
C
C
C
C
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
E
2020
bookmark Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
Occasional PM, WV
bookmark Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
r
U
U
U
U
r
r
U
r
PM, (OS)
STERCORARIIDAE
bookmark South Polar Skua
Stercorarius maccormicki
E
1983 and 1992
bookmark Great Skua
Stercorarius skua
E
E
E
1936, 1943, 1966 and 1969
bookmark Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinus
r
r
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
r
PM, WV, (non-breeding SV)
bookmark Parasitic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticus
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
U
PM, WV, (non-breeding SV)
bookmark Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, (OS)
ALCIDAE
bookmark Atlantic Puffin
Fratercula arctica
E
2018
LARIDAE
bookmark Grey-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
E
E
E
E
E
1989, 1989 and 1989
bookmark Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
E
1982
bookmark Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
C
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Slender-billed Gull
Chroicocephalus genei
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Mew Gull
Larus canus
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Mediterranean Gull
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
U
U
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Occasional
bookmark Great Black-backed Gull
Larus marinus
v
v
v
E
E
E
v
E
v
Total of 20 records. Recent ones being: 2014, 2015 and 2016.
bookmark Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
F
F
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark European Herring Gull
Larus argentatus
E
1987
bookmark Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (rare), PM, WV
bookmark Armenian Gull
Larus armenicus
C
C
C
C
F
U
U
F
F
C
C
C
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Caspian Gull
Larus cachinnans
F
F
F
U
U
r
r
F
F
F
F
F
WV, PM
bookmark Pallas's Gull
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
F
F
F
U
U
F
PM, WV
bookmark Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
F
U
U
U
U
r
r
r
U
U
U
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Black-legged Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla
U
U
r
r
r
r
r
(PM), WV
bookmark Sabine's Gull
Xema sabini
E
E
E
1989, 1992, 2009 and 2020
bookmark Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
E
1 record (1914)
bookmark Sooty Gull
Ichthyaetus hemprichii
E
E
E
E
E
1983, 1989, 1992, 1992 and 1998
bookmark White-eyed Gull
Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
Local, non-breeding at the gulf of Eilat
bookmark Franklin's Gull
Leucophaeus pipixcan
E
E
2003 and 2006
bookmark Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
E
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
E
PM, SV (Fr breeding)
bookmark Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Gull-Billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
U
F
F
U
U
F
F
U
PM
bookmark Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
F
C
C
C
C
C
C
F
v
PS, SV
bookmark Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
v
r
r
v
Non-breeding SV at the Gulf of Eilat, Straggler at Med
bookmark Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
E
E
E
1982, 1987 and 1989
bookmark Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Local at the gulf of Eilat, very rare elsewhere
bookmark Greater Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
v
v
v
v
v
E
E
E
Total of 15 records. Recent ones being: 2019, 2020 and 2021.
bookmark Lesser Crested Tern
Thalasseus bengalensis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Non-breeding SV at the Gulf of Eilat, Straggler at Med.
bookmark Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
E
E
1980, 1980, 1981 and 1988
bookmark Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
U
U
U
Non-breeding SV at Eilat, straggler at Med.
bookmark White-cheeked Tern
Sterna repressa
U
U
U
U
U
Non-breeding SV at Eilat, Occasional at Med
bookmark Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
F
C
C
F
C
C
F
F
PM, non-breeding SV (rare)
bookmark Whiskered Tern
Chlidonias hybrida
U
U
U
F
F
F
U
F
F
U
U
U
PM, WV (local), non-breeding SV
RYNCHOPIDAE
bookmark African Skimmer
Rynchops flavirostris
E
1 record (1934)
COLUMBIFORMES
PTEROCLIDIDAE
bookmark Black-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles orientalis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, WV
bookmark Pin-tailed Sandgrouse
Pterocles alchata
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, WV
bookmark Spotted Sandgrouse
Pterocles senegallus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Crowned Sandgrouse
Pterocles coronatus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Pterocles lichtensteinii
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local)
COLUMBIDAE
bookmark Rock Dove
Columba livia
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Stock Dove
Columba oenas
F
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV
bookmark Common Wood Pigeon
Columba palumbus
F
F
U
U
F
F
PM, WV (local)
bookmark African Collared Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea
E
E
E
E
E
Occasional
bookmark Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark European Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur
F
C
C
C
C
C
C
F
U
PM, SV (rare in winter)
bookmark Oriental Turtle Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
V
V
E
10 records, last on 2016
bookmark Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
(Resident), SV (local)
CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
bookmark Diederik Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius
E
1994
bookmark Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, SV
bookmark Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus optatus
E
1985
bookmark Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
v
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
v
PM, WV, SV
STRIGIFORMES
TYTONIDAE
bookmark Western Barn Owl
Tyto alba
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
STRGIDAE
bookmark Tawny Owl
Strix aluco
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local)
bookmark Desert Owl
Strix hadorami
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Bubo bubo
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Bubo ascalaphus
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
Resident in desert regions
bookmark Brown Fish Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
x
Extinct, last recorded 1975
bookmark Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
U
U
U
U
U
r
r
r
r
U
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Little Owl
Athene noctua
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Eurasian Scops Owl
Otus scops
r
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
r
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Pallid Scops Owl
Otus brucei
U
U
r
r
U
WV, recorded breeding in the past
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
CAPRIMULGIDAE
bookmark European Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
r
r
U
F
F
U
r
r
F
F
U
r
PM, WV, SV (recorded breeding)
bookmark Egyptian Nightjar
Caprimulgus aegyptius
v
r
r
r
v
v
v
v
PM, recorded breeding
bookmark Nubian Nightjar
Caprimulgus nubicus
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
Resident (local), SV
APODIFORMES
APODIDAE
bookmark Common Swift
Apus apus
F
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
F
F
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
U
C
C
C
F
F
F
C
C
C
C
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Little Swift
Apus affinis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local), PM, (SV)
CORACIIFORMES
ALCEDINIDAE
bookmark Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis
F
F
F
U
U
r
U
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark White-throated Kingfisher
Halcyon smyrnensis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident
bookmark Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
CORACIIDAE
bookmark European Roller
Coracias garrulus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
PM, SV
bookmark Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus
E
2019
MEROPIDAE
bookmark European Bee-eater
Merops apiaster
F
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
PM, SV
bookmark Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, SV
bookmark White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
E
E
2019
bookmark Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local)
PSITTACIFORMES
PSITTACIDAE
bookmark Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident -introduced
bookmark Nanday Parakeet
Aratinga nenday
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident -introduced (local)
bookmark Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident -introduced
BUCEROTIFORMES
UPUPIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, (SV)
PICIFORMES
PICIDAE
bookmark Syrian Woodpecker
Dendrocopos syriacus
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
r
U
F
F
U
v
v
U
F
F
U
r
PM, WV, occasional SV, recorded breeding
PASSERIFORMES
ALAUDIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis
C
C
C
F
C
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Oriental Skylark
Alauda gulgula
U
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Woodlark
Lullula arborea
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
PM, WV, SV (local)
bookmark Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
U
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
U
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Hume's Short-toed Lark
Calandrella acutirostris
E
1986
bookmark Lesser Short-toed Lark
Alaudala rufescens
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local), PM, WV
bookmark Desert Lark
Ammomanes deserti
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Bar-tailed Lark
Ammomanes cinctura
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local), (SV)
bookmark Dunn's Lark
Eremalauda dunni
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Irruptive nomadic visitor and casual breeder, usually absent
bookmark Black-crowned Sparrow-lark
Eremopterix nigriceps
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 16 records. Recent ones being: 2015, 2015 and 2020.
bookmark Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix signatus
E
1 record (1983)
bookmark Calandra Lark
Melanocorypha calandra
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local), WV, (SV)
bookmark Bimaculated Lark
Melanocorypha bimaculata
v
r
U
U
U
U
U
U
r
r
r
v
PM (irruptive), WV, SV
bookmark Thick-billed Lark
Ramphocoris clotbey
E
v
r
r
v
E
Nomadic & occsional breeder
bookmark Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestris
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, SV(local)
bookmark Temminck's Lark
Eremophila bilopha
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, SV, PM
bookmark Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Alaemon alaudipes
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
Resident (local), very rare in recent years
HIRUNDINIDAE
bookmark Sand Martin
Riparia riparia
r
F
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
U
r
PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred)
bookmark Grey-throated Martin
Riparia chinensis
E
1985, 1989 and 2003
bookmark Eurasian Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
F
F
F
U
r
r
r
r
r
U
F
F
PM, WV, SV (local)
bookmark Pale Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, (PM), (WV)
bookmark Ethiopian Swallow
Hirundo aethiopica
E
1991
bookmark Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident (local), PM, WV, SV
bookmark Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica
v
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
v
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Common House Martin
Delichon urbicum
r
C
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
C
r
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Asian House Martin
Delichon dasypus
E
2016
MOTACILLIDAE
bookmark Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris
U
F
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
F
F
U
PM, SV, WV
bookmark Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Richard's Pipit
Anthus richardi
r
r
U
U
r
v
r
U
U
r
PM, WV
bookmark Blyth's Pipit
Anthus godlewskii
V
V
V
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 2020, 2020 and 2021.
bookmark Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Buff-bellied Pipit
Anthus rubescens
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
r
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
C
r
PM, WV
bookmark Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
r
r
r
v
r
r
r
PM, WV
bookmark Red-throated Pipit
Anthus cervinus
F
C
C
C
C
F
C
C
C
F
PM, WV
bookmark White Wagtail
Motacilla alba
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
v
C
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
C
v
PM, SV
bookmark Citrine Wagtail
Motacilla citreola
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
PM, WV
PYCNONOTIDAE
bookmark White-spectacled Bulbul
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
BOMBYCILLIDAE
bookmark Bohemian Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus
E
E
E
1966, 1967 and 1978
HYPOCOLIIDAE
bookmark Grey Hypocolius
Hypocolius ampelinus
E
E
V
V
V
E
Total of 17 records. Recent ones being: 2019, 2020 and 2020.
TROGLODYTIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, WV
PRUNELLIDAE
bookmark Dunnock
Prunella modularis
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Alpine Accentor
Prunella collaris
v
v
v
v
v
2000, 2004, 2005, 2015 and 2017
bookmark Radde's Accentor
Prunella ocularis
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 13 records. Recent ones being: 2017, 2017 and 2019.
bookmark Black-throated Accentor
Prunella atrogularis
E
E
E
1982 and 2011
MUSCICAPIDAE
bookmark European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
C
C
C
U
r
r
r
r
r
C
C
C
PM, WV, OS
bookmark Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
F
C
F
F
F
F
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Thrush Nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
U
U
F
U
U
F
U
U
PM
bookmark Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
PM, SV
bookmark Black Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas podobe
r
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica
C
C
C
F
U
C
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
E
E
E
1996 and 2011
bookmark White-throated Robin
Irania gutturalis
r
r
r
r
v
v
PM, SV (local at Hermon)
bookmark Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
v
U
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
F
v
PM, WV
bookmark Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
C
C
C
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
C
PM, WV, SV (local)
bookmark Eversmann's Redstart
Phoenicurus erythronotus
E
1988
bookmark Blackstart
Oenanthe melanura
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark European Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Siberian Stonechat
Saxicola maurus
U
U
U
U
R
U
U
U
WV
bookmark Pied Bush Chat
Saxicola caprata
V
V
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 2012, 2013 and 2014.
bookmark Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
r
r
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
F
r
PM, WV, SM (local)
bookmark Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
U
U
C
C
U
U
U
F
C
C
C
U
Resident, PM, WV, SV
bookmark Desert Wheatear
Oenanthe deserti
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
Oenanthe melanoleuca
F
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
F
PM, SV
bookmark Pied Wheatear
Oenanthe pleschanka
r
r
v
v
r
v
PM
bookmark Cyprus Wheatear
Oenanthe cypriaca
U
U
U
v
v
v
PM
bookmark Finsch's Wheatear
Oenanthe finschii
F
F
F
v
v
v
v
v
U
F
F
PM, WV, SV (local)
bookmark Mourning Wheatear
Oenanthe lugens
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monacha
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark White-crowned Wheatear
Oenanthe leucopyga
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident
bookmark Kurdish Wheatear
Oenanthe xanthoprymna
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
occasional WV & PM
bookmark Red-tailed Wheatear
Oenanthe chrysopygia
E
E
1990, 2018 and 2018
bookmark Red-rumped Wheatear
Oenanthe moesta
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 1988, 2017 and 2017.
bookmark Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Common Rock Thrush
Monticola saxatilis
U
U
U
r
r
r
U
U
U
PM, SV (local)
bookmark Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula parva
E
E
v
r
r
r
U
U
E
PM (WV)
bookmark Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
U
C
C
F
F
F
C
C
C
U
PM, SV
bookmark European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
F
F
F
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
F
F
F
r
U
U
PM
bookmark Semicollared Flycatcher
Ficedula semitorquata
U
U
r
r
r
r
PM
TURDIDAE
bookmark Song Thrush
Turdus philomelos
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Redwing
Turdus iliacus
U
U
U
r
U
U
PM, WV (rare in some years)
bookmark Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus
U
U
U
r
U
U
PM, WV (rare in some years)
bookmark Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
PM, WV (rare in some years)
bookmark Common Blackbird
Turdus merula
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 15 records. Recent ones being: 2017, 2019 and 2020.
bookmark Black-throated Thrush
Turdus atrogularis
E
E
E
E
Total of 10 records. Recent ones being: 2019, 2020 and 2020.
bookmark Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomus
E
1982
bookmark Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus obscurus
E
E
1996 and 2007
CETTIIDAE
bookmark Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cetti
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
CISTICOLIDAE
bookmark Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, (PM)
bookmark Graceful Prinia
Prinia gracilis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
SCOTOCERCIDAE
bookmark Streaked Scrub Warbler
Scotocerca inquieta
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident
LOCUSTELLIDAE
bookmark Common Grasshopper Warbler
Locustella naevia
v
v
v
Total of 14 records. Recent ones being: 2019, 2019 and 2019.
bookmark Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Helopsaltes certhiola
E
1983
bookmark River Warbler
Locustella fluviatilis
v
v
r
U
r
v
r
r
v
PM
bookmark Savi's Warbler
Locustella luscinioides
r
F
F
F
U
U
U
F
F
F
r
r
PM, WV, SB
ACROCEPHALIDAE
bookmark Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
U
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Moustached Warbler
Acrocephalus melanopogon
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
PM, WV, SB
bookmark Blyth's Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus dumetorum
E
E
E
1985, 1985, 1986, 1986 and 1991
bookmark Paddyfield Warbler
Acrocephalus agricola
V
V
V
Total of 14 records. Recent ones being: 2017, 2017 and 2019.
bookmark Marsh Warbler
Acrocephalus palustris
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM
bookmark Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
v
U
F
F
F
U
r
U
F
F
U
v
bookmark Clamorous Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus stentoreus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local), PM
bookmark Eurasian Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
r
U
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
r
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Oriental Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus orientalis
E
E
E
E
1988 and 1990
bookmark Basra Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus griseldis
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 20 records. Recent ones being: 2012, 2015 and 2018.
bookmark Icterine Warbler
Hippolais icterina
r
U
r
r
U
r
PM
bookmark Olive-tree Warbler
Hippolais olivetorum
U
U
U
U
U
r
PM, SV
bookmark Upcher's Warbler
Hippolais languida
r
U
U
U
r
PM (irregular), SV (local)
bookmark Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna pallida
F
C
C
C
C
C
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Booted Warbler
Iduna caligata
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
1982 and 2019
bookmark Sykes's Warbler
Iduna rama
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
1993 and 2008
SYLVIIDAE
bookmark Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
U
F
U
U
F
U
U
PM
bookmark Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
U
U
r
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Eurasian Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla
U
F
C
C
C
F
F
F
C
C
C
U
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Eastern Orphean Warbler
Sylvia crassirostris
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Arabian Warbler
Sylvia leucomelaena
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local)
bookmark Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
v
C
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
C
C
v
PM, WV (local), SV
bookmark Sardinian Warbler
Sylvia melanocephala
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV, (SV)
bookmark Ménétries's Warbler
Sylvia mystacea
E
E
r
r
v
v
E
PM, WV
bookmark Cyprus Warbler
Sylvia melanothorax
U
U
U
r
r
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark Rüppell's Warbler
Sylvia rueppelli
U
F
F
U
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Common Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
F
C
C
C
F
F
F
F
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Spectacled Warbler
Sylvia conspicillata
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local), (PM), WV
bookmark Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Sylvia cantillans
r
U
U
r
v
v
v
PM
bookmark Asian Desert Warbler
Sylvia nana
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV
bookmark African Desert Warbler
Sylvia deserti
E
E
2 records, (2013, 2024)
PHYLLOSCOPIDAE
bookmark Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
U
U
F
F
U
C
C
C
C
U
PM
bookmark Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
U
F
F
U
U
U
PM
bookmark Eastern Bonelli's Warbler
Phylloscopus orientalis
U
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, SV (irregular breeder)
bookmark Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybita
C
C
C
U
U
C
C
C
PM, WV
bookmark Dusky Warbler
Phylloscopus fuscatus
E
E
Total of 10 records. Recent ones being: 2018, 2020 and 2020.
bookmark Radde's Warbler
Phylloscopus schwarzi
V
1982 and 1991
bookmark Mountain Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sindianus
E
1983
bookmark Green Warbler
Phylloscopus nitidus
v
v
v
Total of 8 records. Recent ones being: 2011, 2014 and 2018.
bookmark Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatus
U
U
U
r
U
U
U
WV, PM
bookmark Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus borealis
E
1 record (2018)
bookmark Hume's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus humei
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
WV, PM
bookmark Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus proregulus
E
E
E
E
1991, 1992, 1998, 2016 and 2017
REGULIDAE
bookmark Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
r
r
r
r
r
(PM), WV (irregular)
bookmark Common Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla
E
2012
LEIOTHRICHIDAE
bookmark Arabian Babbler
Argya squamiceps
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
PANURIDAE
bookmark Bearded Reedling
Panurus biarmicus
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 1987, 1990 and 1996.
PARIDAE
bookmark Great Tit
Parus major
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Coal Tit
Periparus ater
E
E
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 1945, 1976 and 1976.
bookmark Sombre Tit
Poecile lugubris
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local at Hermon)
SITTIDAE
bookmark Western Rock Nuthatch
Sitta neumayer
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local at Hermon)
TICHODROMADIDAE
bookmark Wallcreeper
Tichodroma muraria
r
r
r
v
v
r
WV
REMIZIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Penduline Tit
Remiz pendulinus
U
U
U
U
r
v
v
v
v
U
U
U
PM, WV, (OS)
NECTARINIIDAE
bookmark Palestine Sunbird
Cinnyris osea
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
ORIOLIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolus
U
U
U
v
U
U
U
U
PM, (SV)
DICRURIDAE
bookmark Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
E
2014
LANIIDAE
bookmark Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurio
F
F
F
F
C
C
C
U
PM, SV (local)
bookmark Isabelline Shrike
Lanius isabellinus
r
r
r
r
v
v
v
r
U
U
r
PM, WV
bookmark Red-tailed Shrike
Lanius phoenicuroides
E
v
v
E
E
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 2018, 2018 and 2021.
bookmark Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
r
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
PM, SV
bookmark Masked Shrike
Lanius nubicus
C
C
C
F
F
F
C
C
U
E
PM, SV
bookmark Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach
E
E
E
E
1982
bookmark Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitor
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Lesser Grey Shrike
Lanius minor
U
U
v
v
U
U
U
U
PM, (non-breeding SV)
CORVIDAE
bookmark Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Western Jackdaw
Coloeus monedula
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
E
E
1972
bookmark Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
E
2001
bookmark Rook
Corvus frugilegus
F
F
U
r
r
r
r
r
r
U
F
F
(PM), WV, OS (irregular)
bookmark Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Northern Raven
Corvus corax
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident
bookmark Brown-necked Raven
Corvus ruficollis
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident
bookmark House Crow
Corvus splendens
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident - Introduced (local)
bookmark Fan-tailed Raven
Corvus rhipidurus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident (local)
STURNIDAE
bookmark Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Invasive, spraeding rapidly
bookmark Vinous-breasted Starling
Acridotheres burmannicus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Invasive.
bookmark Tristram's Starling
Onychognathus tristramii
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, (nomadic)
bookmark Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
C
C
C
U
v
v
v
v
v
F
C
C
(PM), WV, non-breeding SV
bookmark Rosy Starling
Pastor roseus
E
E
E
r
U
r
r
r
r
r
PM (WV)
PASSERIDAE
bookmark House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident
bookmark Spanish Sparrow
Passer hispaniolensis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
E
E
E
E
E
Total of 10 records. Recent ones being: 1999, 2001 and 2001.
bookmark Dead Sea Sparrow
Passer moabiticus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident and dispersal (local)
bookmark Rock Sparrow
Petronia petronia
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident (local)
bookmark Yellow-throated Sparrow
Gymnoris xanthocollis
V
V
V
Total of 9 records. Recent ones being: 2017, 2019 and 2020.
bookmark Pale Rockfinch
Carpospiza brachydactyla
U
U
U
U
U
r
v
v
PM, SV (local, irregular)
ESTRILDIDAE
bookmark Indian Silverbill
Euodice malabarica
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
Resident, spreading
CALCARIIDAE
bookmark Snow Bunting
Plectrophenax nivalis
E
2013
FRINGILLIDAE
bookmark Common Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
C
C
C
F
v
v
v
v
v
F
C
C
PM, WV, (OS)
bookmark Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
F
F
F
U
U
F
F
PM, WV (irregular)
bookmark Common Linnet
Linaria cannabina
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark European Greenfinch
Chloris chloris
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, PM, WV
bookmark Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinus
F
F
F
F
U
F
F
PM, WV (irregular)
bookmark European Serin
Serinus serinus
C
C
C
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
C
C
Resident (local), PM, WV
bookmark Syrian Serin
Serinus syriacus
U
U
U
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
PM, WV (local), SV (local)
bookmark Red-Fronted Serin
Serinus pusillus
r
r
r
r
r
PM, WV (local)
bookmark Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
v
Total of 7 records. Recent ones being: 2017, 2019 and 2020.
bookmark Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
U
U
U
U
U
U
PM, WV (local, irregular)
bookmark Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
v
v
r
r
r
r
r
r
r
v
PM, WV
bookmark Sinai Rosefinch
Carpodacus synoicus
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
resident (local), WV
bookmark Trumpeter Finch
Bucanetes githagineus
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident & dispersal
bookmark Asian Crimson-winged Finch
Rhodopechys sanguineus
F
F
F
F
F
F
F
U
U
U
SV (WV) (local at Hermon)
bookmark Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoleta
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
Resident, (PM), WV, (SV)
EMBERIZIDAE
bookmark Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandra
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
(Resident), WV, SV
bookmark Common Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus
F
F
F
E
E
E
E
E
E
F
F
F
PM, WV, SV
bookmark Little Bunting
Emberiza pusilla
v
v
v
v
R
R
R
PM (WV)
bookmark Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica
E
E
E
v
v
v
Total of 11 records. Recent ones being: 2014, 2019 and 2020.
bookmark Ortolan Bunting
Emberiza hortulana
U
C
C
r
r
C
C
C
U
U
PM, SV (local)
bookmark Cretzschmar's Bunting
Emberiza caesia
F
C
C
C
F
F
C
C
F
PM, SV
bookmark Yellowhammer
Emberiza citrinella
U
U
U
U
U
WV
bookmark Pine Bunting
Emberiza leucocephalos
r
r
r
r
r
WV (local)
bookmark Cinereous Bunting
Emberiza cineracea
U
U
r
r
r
PM
bookmark Red-headed Bunting
Emberiza bruniceps
E
1979 and 2010
bookmark Black-headed Bunting
Emberiza melanocephala
U
F
F
F
U
U
U
PM, SV (local)
bookmark Yellow-breasted Bunting
Emberiza aureola
E
E
E
E
Total of 11 records. Recent ones being: 1994, 2001 and 2007.
bookmark Chestnut bunting
Emberiza rutila
E
1 record (2021)
bookmark Black-faced bunting
Emberiza spodocephala
E
1 record (2021)
bookmark Rock Bunting
Emberiza cia
F
F
F
U
U
U
U
U
U
F
F
F
Resident (local), WV
bookmark Striolated Bunting
Emberiza striolata
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
Resident & dispersive (localy common)