Birds of Palestinian Territories
Palestinian Territories hosts 273 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Great TitParus major
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Tristram's StarlingOnychognathus tristramii
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Arabian Green Bee-eaterMerops cyanophrys
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachus
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pallid Scops OwlOtus brucei
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Cinereous BuntingEmberiza cineracea
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo bubo
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Green WarblerPhylloscopus nitidus
- Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Kurdish WheatearOenanthe xanthoprymna
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parva
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- WallcreeperTichodroma muraria
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Hume's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus humei
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- Radde's AccentorPrunella ocularis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Cinereous VultureAegypius monachus
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni