Birds of Jordan
Jordan hosts 288 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Great TitParus major
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Common CraneGrus grus
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- Common GullLarus canus
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbey
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- Booted WarblerIduna caligata
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Asian HoubaraChlamydotis macqueenii
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris