Birds of Lebanon
Lebanon hosts 243 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Great TitParus major
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Common GullLarus canus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea