Birds of Israel
Israel hosts 444 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Great TitParus major
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Sociable LapwingVanellus gregarius
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Northern GannetMorus bassanus
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Common GullLarus canus
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Grey HypocoliusHypocolius ampelinus
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Little BustardTetrax tetrax
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Red-tailed WheatearOenanthe chrysopygia
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsis
- Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Common FirecrestRegulus ignicapilla
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Black-throated LoonGavia arctica
- Basra Reed WarblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritus
- Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
- Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Great BustardOtis tarda
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Red KiteMilvus milvus
- Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
- Ringed TealCallonetta leucophrys
- Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- SmewMergellus albellus
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
- Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
- Wood DuckAix sponsa
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
- Sykes's WarblerIduna rama
- Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Blyth's Reed WarblerAcrocephalus dumetorum
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
- Black SwanCygnus atratus
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Arctic WarblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollis
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureola
- Velvet ScoterMelanitta fusca
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Mountain ChiffchaffPhylloscopus sindianus
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Grey-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Burmese MynaAcridotheres burmannicus
- Desert OwlStrix hadorami