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Birds of Israel - Checklist
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Quick navigation: STRUTHIONIFORMES, GAVIIFORMES, PODICIPEDIFORMES & PROCELLARIIFORMES - Ostrich to Storm-petrels PELECANIFORMES & CICONIFORMES - Tropicbird to Ibis PHOENICOPTERIFORMES & ANSERIFORMES - Flamingo to Ducks ACCIPITRIFORMES - Raptors FALCONIFORMES, GALLIFORMES & GRUIFORMES - Falcons to Bustards CHARADRIIFORMES - Waders PTEROCLIDIFORMES, COLUMBIFORMES, PSITTACIFORMES & CUCULIFORMES - Sandgrouses to Cuckoos STRIGIFORMES, CAPRIMULGIFORMES & APODIFORMES - Owls to Hoopoe CORACIIFORMES, PICIFORMES & PASSERIFORMES - Kingfishers to Larks |
| English Name | Latin Name | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | Status |
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| STRUTHIONIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Struthionidae | ||||||||||||||
| Ostrich | Struthio camelus | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Extinct since 1920s |
| GAVIIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Gaviidae | ||||||||||||||
| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | E | E | E | 4 records, last on 2001 | |||||||||
| Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV | |||||||
| PODICIPEDIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Podicipedidae | ||||||||||||||
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | E | E | E | E | E | 3 records (1909, 1981, 1993) | |||||||
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | F | F | U | U | U | r | r | U | U | U | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | F | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | U | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | E | E | 4 records, last on 1996 | ||||||||||
| PROCELLARIIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Diomedeidae | ||||||||||||||
| Shy Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | E | 1 record (1981) | |||||||||||
| Procellariidae | ||||||||||||||
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | E | E | 2 records (1982, 1989) | ||||||||||
| Fea's Petrel | Pterodroma feae | E | 1 record (1963) | |||||||||||
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | E | 1 record (1997) | |||||||||||
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | r | r | r | U | U | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV, wanderer |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | E | E | E | E | E | E | 4 records (1992, 1993, 2003, 2008) | ||||||
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Puffinus carneipes | E | 1 record (1980) | |||||||||||
| Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM, WV |
| Great Shearwater | Puffinus gravis | E | E | 3 records (1976, 1985, 1995) | ||||||||||
| Little Shearwater | Puffinus assimilis | E | 2 records (1988, 1996) | |||||||||||
| Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus iherminieri | E | E | E | 4 records (1985, 1989, 1992, 1999) | |||||||||
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | E | E | 2 records (1982, 2002) | ||||||||||
| Yelkouan Shearwater | Puffinus yelkouan | F | F | F | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | F | F | PM, WV |
| Hydrobatidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | E | E | E | E | E | 5 records, last on 1986 | |||||||
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | E | 1 record (1983) | |||||||||||
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | r | r | r | r | r | Irruptive WV | |||||||
| Madeiran Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro | E | 1 record (1983) | |||||||||||
| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma monorhis | E | E | E | 4 records, last on 2004 | |||||||||
| PELECANIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Phaethontidae | ||||||||||||||
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional at the Gulf of Eilat | |||||
| Sulidae | ||||||||||||||
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | U | U | U | U | U | E | E | E | E | E | U | U | WV |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | Locally rare at Eilat |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | E | 1 record (2004) | |||||||||||
| Phalacrocoracidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Shag | Phalacrocorax aristotelis | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 1 record (2005-6) |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | C | C | C | U | U | r | r | r | U | F | C | C | WV, PM, non-breeding SV |
| Pygmy Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pygmeus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Fregatidae | ||||||||||||||
| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregrata ariel | E | E | 2 records (1997, 1999) | ||||||||||
| Anhingidae | ||||||||||||||
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | E | WV till the 50's, now straggler (reported 2004) | |||||||||||
| Pelecanidae | ||||||||||||||
| White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | F | F | C | C | C | fr | fr | fr | C | C | C | F | WV, PM, non-breeding SV |
| Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 8 records, last on 2004 | |||||
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | E | E | E | E | E | E | 7 records, last on 2001 | ||||||
| CICONIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Ardeidae | ||||||||||||||
| Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | U | U | WV, PM | ||||
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | v | v | U | U | U | fr | fr | U | U | U | r | v | WV, PM, SV |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Mangrove Heron | Butorides striatus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Local breeder at the gulf of Eilat |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia | E | 1 record (2004) | |||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | fr | fr | U | F | F | U | U | F | F | F | U | fr | PM, WV, SV |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | C | C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | non-breedibg visitor (local at Eilat) |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus | F | F | F | F | U | r | r | r | U | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | C | C | C | C | U | U | U | C | C | C | C | C | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | fr | U | F | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | F | U | fr | PM, WV, SV |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | E | E | E | E | 6 records, last on 1993 | ||||||||
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | E | 1 record (1982) | |||||||||||
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | E | E | E | 1 record (1987) | |||||||||
| Ciconiidae | ||||||||||||||
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus | E | E | 2 records (1951, 1957) | ||||||||||
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional, last on 1997 | |||
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | U | C | C | C | C | fr | fr | C | C | C | C | U | PM, WV, SV (rare breeder) |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | U | F | C | C | U | U | U | U | C | C | U | U | PM, WV, OS |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | U | U | F | F | F | U | U | F | F | U | U | U | (Resident), PM, WV, SV |
| Northern Bald Ibis | Geronticus eremita | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional | |||||||
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | F | F | F | F | U | fr | fr | U | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Phoenicopteridae | ||||||||||||||
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus ruber | U | U | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | PM, WV, present yearound at Eilat, non-breeding |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicopterus minor | E | E | E | E | 1 record (2006) | ||||||||
| ANSERIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Anatidae | ||||||||||||||
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | r | r | r | r | r | r | WV (irruptive) | ||||||
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | E | E | E | E | 4 records, last on 2002 | ||||||||
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV | |||||||
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV | |||||
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | E | E | E | E | 5 records, last on 1992 | ||||||||
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | r | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV | ||||||
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | E | 1 record (2007) | |||||||||||
| Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | E | E | E | E | Irregular WV | ||||||||
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | E | E | E | E | E | 1 record (1966), possibly an escape | |||||||
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | Accidental till 80's. Recent records are of a feral populations | |||||
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | U | U | U | U | r | v | v | r | r | U | U | U | PM, WV, OS |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | C | C | C | C | U | U | U | U | C | C | C | C | Resident, SV, PM, WV |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera | U | U | U | fr | r | r | r | r | r | U | U | U | PM, WV, OS |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | F | F | F | F | U | v | v | U | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, OS |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | C | C | C | C | C | U | r | U | C | C | C | C | PM, WV, OS |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | F | F | F | F | U | U | v | v | U | F | F | F | PM, WV, OS |
| Common Teal | Anas crecca | C | C | C | C | F | r | r | F | C | C | C | C | PM, WV, OS |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | E | E | E | E | E | E | 3 records (1978, 1982, 1984) | ||||||
| Red-billed Teal | Anas erythrorhyncha | E | E | 1 record (1958), possibly an escape | ||||||||||
| Garganey | Anas querquedula | r | U | F | F | F | fr | fr | F | C | F | F | r | PM, WV, SV (very rare breeder) |
| Marbled Duck | Marmaronetta angustirostris | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Resident (local) |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | C | C | C | F | U | v | v | v | U | F | C | C | PM, WV, OS |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM, WV | ||||||
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythropthalma | E | 1 record (1998) | |||||||||||
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | U | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | PM, WV, SV |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV | |||||||
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | C | C | C | C | U | v | v | v | U | C | C | C | PM, WV, OS |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | E | E | 2 records (1942, 1979) | ||||||||||
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | E | E | E | 7 records, last on 2008 | |||||||||
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | E | E | 6 records, last on 1986 | ||||||||||
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV | ||||||
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV | ||||||
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | E | 2 records (1925, 2004) | |||||||||||
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV | |||||
| White-headed Duck | Oxyura leucocephala | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | WV | |||||
| ACCIPITRIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Accipitridae | ||||||||||||||
| Lammergeier | Gypaetus barbatus | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional, resident population extinct | ||||||
| Eurasian Griffon Vulture | Gyps fulvus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | r | r | r | v | v | v | v | v | r | r | r | r | PM, WV, OS (formerly bred) |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus | E | E | Occasional visitor, resident population extinct | ||||||||||
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | v | U | F | F | F | U | U | F | F | U | v | v | PM, WV, SV |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV, formerly bred and re-introduced | |||||
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | Resident |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | U | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | U | PM, WV | |||
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Aquila pomarina | r | r | F | C | F | fr | C | C | U | r | PM, WV | ||
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | U | U | U | U | v | v | v | v | v | U | U | U | PM, WV, OS (former resident) |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | fr | C | C | C | F | C | C | fr | PM, WV | ||||
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | E | E | E | E | E | 3-5 records, last on 2001 | |||||||
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional visitor |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | E | E | E | E | 7 records, last on 2008 | ||||||||
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | v | F | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | U | v | PM, WV, SV |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | v | v | F | F | F | F | F | U | v | PM, WV | |||
| Bonelli's Eagle | Hieraaetus fasciatus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Resident, PM, WV |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | Irregular PM, WV, last on 1992 | |||||
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | F | F | C | C | C | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, SV (rare breeder) |
| Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | F | F | F | F | F | v | v | U | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | 8 records, last on 2005 | |||||
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | PM, WV | |||||
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | v | v | U | U | U | U | U | U | v | v | PM, WV | ||
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | fr | fr | F | F | U | U | F | F | U | fr | PM, WV, occasionally OS | ||
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | E | E | 2 records (1984, 1985) | ||||||||||
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | F | F | F | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | F | C | C | C | C | U | r | r | U | F | F | F | PM, WV, occasional SV (very rare breeder) |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | C | C | C | C | C | F | U | PM | |||||
| Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | E | E | E | fr | fr | r | r | r | PM | ||||
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | F | F | F | F | F | r | r | r | r | F | F | F | PM, WV, SV |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | E | E | 2 records (1987, 2005) | ||||||||||
| Levant Sparrowhawk | Accipiter brevipes | U | C | C | C | C | PM | |||||||
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | E | 1 record (1979) | |||||||||||
| Pandionidae | ||||||||||||||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | U | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | U | PM, WV |
| FALCONIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Falconidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | r | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | r | r | PM, WV, SV |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | U | U | fr | U | F | F | U | PM | |||||
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | PM, SV | |||
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM | ||||||
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | r | r | U | U | U | U | U | r | (PM), SV | ||||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | U | U | U | U | U | r | v | fr | U | U | U | U | PM, WV, non-breeding SV, formerly bred |
| Barbary Falcon | Falco pelegrinus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | U | U | fr | fr | fr | U | U | PM, WV | |||||
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | r | r | r | v | v | v | v | r | r | (PM), WV | |||
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Resident, PM, WV |
| GALLIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Phasianidae | ||||||||||||||
| Black Francolin | Francolinus francolinus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local) |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Sand Partridge | Ammoperdix heyi | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | U | F | C | C | C | fr | fr | fr | C | C | U | U | PM, WV,SV |
| GRUIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Rallidae | ||||||||||||||
| Corncrake | Crex crex | U | U | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM | |||||
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | F | F | F | F | U | r | r | U | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, OS (very rare breeder / Resident) |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | U | U | fr | fr | PM, WV | ||
| Little Crake | Porzana parva | r | U | F | F | U | r | v | U | U | U | U | r | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Baillon's Crake | Porzana pusilla | v | fr | U | U | U | r | r | fr | fr | fr | r | v | PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | C | C | C | F | F | F | F | F | F | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, (SV) |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | C | C | C | C | C | F | F | F | F | C | C | C | (Resident), PM, WV, SV (rare breeder) |
| Purple Swamp-hen | Porphyrio porphyrio | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional WV, very rare breeder |
| Gruidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Crane | Grus grus | C | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | PM, WV | |||
| Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | v | v | v | v | v | v | PM | ||||||
| Otididae | ||||||||||||||
| Great Bustard | Otis tarda | E | E | E | 6 records, last on 2008 | |||||||||
| Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis maqueenii | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Resident |
| Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | r | r | v | r | r | PM, WV | |||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Rostratulidae | ||||||||||||||
| Painted Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | E | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | E | E | Occasional visitor, recorded breeding | |
| Haematopodidae | ||||||||||||||
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | v | r | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | v | v | PM (WV) |
| Recurvirostridae | ||||||||||||||
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | U | U | F | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | F | U | U | PM, WV, SV (very rare breeder) |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | C | C | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Dromadidae | ||||||||||||||
| Crab Plover | Dromas ardeola | E | E | 3 records (1987, 1997) | ||||||||||
| Burhinidae | ||||||||||||||
| Stone-curlew | Burhinus oedicnemus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Glareolidae | ||||||||||||||
| Cream-coloured Courser | Cursorius cursor | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | (Resident), PM, WV, SV |
| Collard Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | F | C | C | U | fr | F | F | F | U | PM, SV | |||
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | U | U | PM | |||||
| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | E | 1 record (1999) | |||||||||||
| Charadriidae | ||||||||||||||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | v | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | v | PM, WV, SV (rare breeder) |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | F | F | C | C | C | fr | fr | C | C | C | C | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional visitor (irruptive) | |||||||
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | E | Straggler | |||||||||||
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | U | F | F | F | U | fr | fr | U | F | F | F | U | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | v | r | r | r | v | v | v | v | PM | ||||
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | U | U | F | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | F | F | U | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Eurasian Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | F | F | U | U | U | U | U | F | F | PM, WV | |||
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | v | v | v | v | v | r | r | r | r | PM | |||
| Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | fr | fr | r | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||||
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | 1 record (1869) | ||||||||||||
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | C | C | C | F | F | r | r | r | F | F | C | C | PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, (SV) |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | E | E | E | E | 2 records (1991-92, 2001) | ||||||||
| Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||
| White-tailed Lapwing | Vanellus leucurus | r | r | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | fr | r | PM, WV |
| Scolopacidae | ||||||||||||||
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | E | E | 2 records (1985, 1991) | ||||||||||
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | E | E | v | v | v | v | v | v | r | r | E | E | PM (WV) |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | U | U | F | F | F | U | U | U | F | F | F | U | PM, WV |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | U | U | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | C | U | PM, WV |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | v | F | F | U | U | F | F | U | v | v | PM, WV | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | E | 1 record (1989) | |||||||||||
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | E | 1 record (2003) | |||||||||||
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | E | 1 record (1998) | |||||||||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | E | E | 1 record (2004) | ||||||||||
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | U | U | F | F | F | U | U | F | F | F | F | U | PM, WV |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | F | C | C | C | C | F | C | C | C | C | C | F | PM, WV |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | E | E | 2 records (1991, 2004) | ||||||||||
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | E | E | E | E | 7 records, last on 2008 | ||||||||
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Limicola falcinellus | U | U | U | fr | U | U | U | PM | |||||
| Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | U | F | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | F | U | PM, WV, OS |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | PM | |||||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | F | C | C | C | C | U | U | U | C | C | C | F | PM, WV |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | PM, WV | ||||
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | E | E | E | 6 recoeds, last on 2003 | |||||||||
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | F | F | U | U | U | F | F | PM, WV | |||||
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | E | E | 1 record (1984) | ||||||||||
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | U | F | F | F | F | PM, WV |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | v | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | v | v | PM, WV | ||
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | fr | U | U | U | U | r | r | U | U | U | U | fr | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | r | r | fr | fr | fr | r | r | fr | fr | fr | r | r | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | E | 1 record (1917) | |||||||||||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | fr | U | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | fr | PM, WV |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | F | C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | C | F | PM, WV |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | F | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | C | C | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | F | F | F | F | F | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | U | F | F | F | F | F | U | F | F | F | F | U | PM, WV |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | U | U | F | F | F | U | F | F | F | F | U | PM, WV | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | E | 1 record (1977) | |||||||||||
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | r | PM | |||||
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | U | U | C | C | C | F | C | C | C | C | U | U | PM, WV |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | PM, WV |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicaria | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional PM, WV | ||
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | r | fr | fr | fr | fr | r | r | fr | r | PM, (OS) | |||
| Stercorariidae | ||||||||||||||
| South Polar Skua | Catharus maccormicki | E | 2 records (1983, 1992) | |||||||||||
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | E | E | E | 4 records, last on 1969 | |||||||||
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | r | r | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | r | PM, WV, (non-breeding SV) |
| Parasitic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | U | U | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | U | PM, WV, (non-breeding SV) |
| Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM, (OS) | ||||
| Laridae | ||||||||||||||
| Grey-headed Gull | Larus cirrocephalus | E | E | E | E | E | 3 records (all from 1989) | |||||||
| Brown-headed Gull | Larus brunnicephalus | E | 1 record (1985) | |||||||||||
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | C | C | C | C | C | U | U | U | C | C | C | C | PM, WV, SV |
| Slender-billed Gull | Larus genei | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||||||
| Mediterranean Gull | Larus melanocephalus | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV, OS | |
| Audouin's Gull | Larus audouinii | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus | v | v | v | E | E | E | v | E | v | Occasional PM, WV | |||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | F | F | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | E | 1 record (1987) | |||||||||||
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (rare), PM, WV |
| Armenian Gull | Larus armenicus | C | C | C | C | F | U | U | F | F | C | C | C | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | F | F | F | U | fr | r | r | F | F | F | F | F | WV, PM |
| Pallas's Gull | Larus ichthyaetus | F | F | F | U | U | F | PM, WV | ||||||
| Little Gull | Larus minutus | F | U | U | U | U | r | r | r | U | U | U | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | r | (PM), WV | |||||
| Sabine's Gull | Larus sabini | E | E | E | 2 records (1989, 1992) | |||||||||
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | E | 1 record (1914) | |||||||||||
| Sooty Gull | Larus hemprichii | E | E | E | E | E | 5 records (1983, 1989-92, 1998) | |||||||
| White-eyed Gull | Larus leucophthalmus | U | U | U | U | F | F | F | F | U | U | U | U | Local, non-breeding at the gulf of Eilat |
| Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan | E | E | 2 records (2003, 2006) | ||||||||||
| Sternidae | ||||||||||||||
| Saunders's Tern | Sterna saundersi | E | E | E | E | Straggler | ||||||||
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons | E | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | E | PM, SV (Fr breeding) | |||
| Sandwich Tern | Sterna sandvicensis | F | F | F | U | U | fr | fr | fr | U | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| Gull-Billed Tern | Sterna nilotica | fr | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | fr | PM | ||||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | F | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | v | PS, SV | |||
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | v | r | r | v | Non-breeding SV at the Gulf of Eilat, Straggler at Med | ||||||||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | E | E | E | 3 records (1982, 1987, 1989) | |||||||||
| Caspian Tern | Sterna caspia | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Local at the gulf of Eilat, very rare elsewhere |
| Greater Crested Tern | Sterna bergii | v | v | v | v | v | E | E | E | Occasional visitor | ||||
| Lesser Crested Tern | Sterna bengalensis | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Non-breeding SV at the Gulf of Eilat, Straggler at Med. | |||||
| Sooty Tern | Sterna fuscata | E | E | 4 records (1980, 1981, 1988) | ||||||||||
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus | fr | fr | fr | Non-breeding SV at Eilat, straggler at Med. | |||||||||
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Non-breeding SV at Eilat, Occasional at Med | |||||||
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | PM, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) | |||||
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | F | C | C | F | C | C | F | F | PM, non-breeding SV (rare) | ||||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybridus | U | U | U | F | F | F | U | F | F | U | U | U | PM, WV (local), non-breeding SV |
| Rynchopidae | ||||||||||||||
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | E | 1 record (1934) | |||||||||||
| PTEROCLIDIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Pteroclididae | ||||||||||||||
| Black-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles orientalis | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, WV |
| Pin-tailed Sandgrouse | Pterocles alchata | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, WV |
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Crowned Sandgrouse | Pterocles coronatus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local) |
| COLUMBIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Columbidae | ||||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | F | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV | ||||||
| Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | PM, WV (local) | ||||||
| African Collared Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional | |||||||
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | F | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | U | PM, SV (rare in winter) | |||
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | E | E | 4 records, last on 2007 | ||||||||||
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | fr | fr | (Resident), SV (local) |
| CUCULIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Cuculidae | ||||||||||||||
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | E | 1 record (1994) | |||||||||||
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | PM, SV | ||
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | E | 1 record (1985) | |||||||||||
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | v | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | v | PM, WV, SV |
| STRIGIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Tytonidae | ||||||||||||||
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Strgidae | ||||||||||||||
| Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local) |
| Hume's Owl | Strix butleri | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Brown Fish Owl | Bubo zeylonensis | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | Extinct, last recorded 1975 |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | fr | fr | fr | PM, WV, SV |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | r | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | r | PM, WV, SV |
| Pallid Scops Owl | Otus brucei | fr | fr | r | r | fr | WV, recorded breeding in the past | |||||||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Caprimulgidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | r | r | U | F | F | U | r | r | F | F | U | r | PM, WV, SV (recorded breeding) |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | v | r | r | r | v | v | v | v | PM, recorded breeding | ||||
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | Resident (local), SV |
| APODIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Apodidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Swift | Apus apus | F | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | U | U | PM, WV, SV |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | U | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | F | fr | fr | PM, WV, SV |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | U | C | C | C | F | F | F | C | C | C | C | U | PM, WV, SV |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local), PM, (SV) |
| CORACIIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Alcedinidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | F | F | F | U | U | r | U | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV, non-breeding SV |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Meropidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | F | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | U | PM, SV | |||
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | fr | U | U | fr | fr | U | U | fr | fr | PM, SV | |||
| Little Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local) |
| PSITTACIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Psittacidae | ||||||||||||||
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident -introduced |
| Black-hooded Parakeet | Nandayus nenday | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident -introduced (local) |
| Monk Parakeet | Myiopsitta monachus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident -introduced |
| CORACIIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Coraciidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | PM, SV | |||
| Upopidae | ||||||||||||||
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, (SV) |
| PICIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Picidae | ||||||||||||||
| Syrian Woodpecker | Dendrocopos syriacus | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | r | U | F | F | U | v | v | U | F | F | U | r | PM, WV, occasional SV, recorded breeding |
| PASSERIFORMES | ||||||||||||||
| Alaudidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Skylark | Alauda arvensis | C | C | C | F | C | C | C | PM, WV | |||||
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | fr | fr | fr | fr | r | r | fr | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||
| Crested Lark | ||||||||||||||