Birds of Syria
Syria hosts 219 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Great TitParus major
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White-spectacled BulbulPycnonotus xanthopygos
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Mourning WheatearOenanthe lugens
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Corn BuntingEmberiza calandra
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Rock SparrowPetronia petronia
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- White-eared BulbulPycnonotus leucotis
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Finsch's WheatearOenanthe finschii
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Water RailRallus aquaticus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandra
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephala
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Western Rock NuthatchSitta neumayer
- Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremita
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
- Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Delicate PriniaPrinia lepida
- Pin-tailed SandgrousePterocles alchata
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- European SerinSerinus serinus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Rock BuntingEmberiza cia
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Armenian GullLarus armenicus
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacus
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
- Pygmy CormorantMicrocarbo pygmaeus
- Upcher's WarblerHippolais languida
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesia
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Streaked Scrub WarblerScotocerca inquieta
- Semicollared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- See-see PartridgeAmmoperdix griseogularis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black FrancolinFrancolinus francolinus
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- WoodlarkLullula arborea
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculata
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Penduline TitRemiz pendulinus
- Sombre TitPoecile lugubris
- Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common GullLarus canus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Corn CrakeCrex crex
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni