Birds of Libya

Libya hosts 161 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.

House SparrowPasser domesticus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Little TernSternula albifrons
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Little StintCalidris minuta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
RuffCalidris pugnax
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
DunlinCalidris alpina
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
Northern RavenCorvus corax
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common SwiftApus apus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
European SerinSerinus serinus
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Little OwlAthene noctua
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
White StorkCiconia ciconia
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Common TernSterna hirundo
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Black TernChlidonias niger
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Mediterranean ShearwaterPuffinus yelkouan
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
House BuntingEmberiza sahari
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
Red-rumped WheatearOenanthe moesta
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common GullLarus canus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
Great EgretArdea alba
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Desert SparrowPasser simplex

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.