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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 |
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| 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 lherminieri | 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 | 2 records (2007,2011) | |||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||
| 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 | V | V | V | E | E | E | V | V | |||||
| 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 | |||
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | E | E | 1 record (2008) | ||||||||||
| 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 | E | 2 record (1977, 2008) | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Pharaoh Eagle Owl | Bubu ascalaphus | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | Resident in desert regions |
| 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 | Galerida cristata | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Woodlark | Lullula arborea | F | F | F | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | F | F | F | PM, WV, SV (local) |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | fr | C | C | C | U | U | U | C | C | C | U | fr | PM, WV, SV |
| Hume's Short-toed Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | E | 1 record (1986) | |||||||||||
| Lesser Short-toed Lark | Calandrella rufescens | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local), PM, WV |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Bar-tailed Lark | Ammomanes cincturus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local), (SV) |
| Dunn's Lark | Eremalauda dunni | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Irruptive nomadic visitor and casual breeder, usually absent |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occsional visitor | |||||
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signata | E | 1 record (1983) | |||||||||||
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local), WV, (SV) |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | v | r | U | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | v | PM (irruptive), WV, SV |
| Thick-billed Lark | Ramphocoris clotbey | E | v | r | r | v | E | Nomadic & occsional breeder | ||||||
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, SV(local) |
| Temminck's (Horned) Lark | Eremophila bilopha | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, SV, PM |
| Hoopoe Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | Resident (local), very rare in recent years |
| Hirundinidae | ||||||||||||||
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | r | F | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | U | r | PM, WV, non-breeding SV (formerly bred) |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | E | 3 records (1986, 1989, 2003) | |||||||||||
| Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | F | F | F | U | r | r | r | r | r | U | F | F | PM, WV, SV (local) |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, (PM), (WV) |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | E | 1 record (1991) | |||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident (local), PM, WV, SV |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica | v | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | v | PM, WV, SV |
| Common House Martin | Delichon urbica | r | C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | C | r | PM, WV, SV |
| Motacillidae | ||||||||||||||
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | fr | F | F | F | F | U | fr | F | F | F | F | fr | PM, SV, WV |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | r | r | fr | fr | r | v | r | U | U | r | PM, WV | ||
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | E | E | 4 records, last on 2008 | ||||||||||
| Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | C | C | C | fr | fr | fr | C | C | PM, WV | ||||
| Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens | fr | fr | fr | r | r | fr | fr | PM, WV | |||||
| Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | PM, WV | |||||
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | r | C | C | C | C | U | C | C | C | r | PM, WV | ||
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | r | r | r | v | r | r | r | PM, WV | |||||
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | F | C | C | C | C | F | C | C | C | F | PM, WV | ||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | C | C | C | C | U | fr | fr | fr | U | C | C | C | PM, WV, SV |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | v | C | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | C | C | v | PM, SV |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | PM, WV | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | PM, WV | ||
| Pycnonotidae | ||||||||||||||
| Spectacled Bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthopygos | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Bombycillidae | ||||||||||||||
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | E | E | E | 3 record (1966-67, 1978) | |||||||||
| Grey Hypocolius | Hypocolius ampelinus | E | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional PM | ||||||
| Troglodytidae | ||||||||||||||
| Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, WV |
| Prunellidae | ||||||||||||||
| Dunnock | Prunella modularis | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | PM, WV | |||||
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | v | v | v | v | v | WV | |||||||
| Radde's Accentor | Prunella ocularis | v | v | v | v | v | v | WV | ||||||
| Black-throated Accentor | Prunella atrogularis | E | E | E | 1 record (1982) | |||||||||
| Turdidae | ||||||||||||||
| European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | C | C | C | U | r | r | r | r | r | C | C | C | PM, WV, OS |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | F | C | F | F | F | F | F | U | PM, SV | ||||
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | U | U | F | U | U | F | U | U | PM | ||||
| Rufous Bush Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | PM, SV | |||||
| Black Bush Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | r | r | r | r | PM | ||||||||
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | C | C | C | F | fr | C | C | C | PM, WV | ||||
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | E | E | E | 1 record (1996) | |||||||||
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | r | r | r | r | v | v | PM, SV (local at Hermon) | ||||||
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | v | U | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | F | v | PM, WV | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | C | C | C | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | C | C | PM, WV, SV (local) |
| Eversmann's Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronota | E | 1 record (1988) | |||||||||||
| Blackstart | Cercomela melanura | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | U | fr | fr | U | U | fr | fr | fr | PM | ||||
| European Stonechat | Saxicola rubicola | C | C | C | U | U | C | C | PM, WV | |||||
| Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | E | E | 6 records, last on 2002 | ||||||||||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | r | r | C | C | C | fr | fr | fr | C | C | F | r | PM, WV, SM (local) |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | fr | fr | C | C | fr | U | U | F | C | C | C | fr | Resident, PM, WV, SV |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident, PM, WV |
| Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | F | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | F | PM, SV | ||
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | r | r | v | v | r | v | PM | ||||||
| Cyprus Wheatear | Oenanthe cypriaca | fr | fr | fr | v | v | v | PM | ||||||
| Finsch's Wheatear | Oenanthe finschii | F | F | F | v | v | v | v | v | U | F | F | PM, WV, SV (local) | |
| Mourning Wheatear | Oenanthe lugens | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Hooded Wheatear | Oenanthe monacha | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident |
| Kurdish Wheatear | Oenanthe xanthoprymna | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | occasional WV & PM | ||||
| Red-tailed Wheatear | Oenanthe chrysopygia | E | 1 record (1990) | |||||||||||
| Red-rumped Wheatear | Oenanthe moesta | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | Casual resident breeder |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | fr | fr | fr | r | r | r | fr | fr | fr | PM, SV (local) | |||
| Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | C | C | C | C | fr | C | C | PM, WV | |||||
| Redwing | Turdus iliacus | U | U | U | r | U | U | PM, WV (rare in some years) | ||||||
| Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | fr | fr | fr | r | fr | fr | PM, WV (rare in some years) | ||||||
| Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | U | U | U | r | r | U | U | PM, WV (rare in some years) | |||||
| Common Blackbird | Turdus merula | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| Ring Ouzel | Turdus torquatus | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | PM, WV (irregular) | |||||
| Dark-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | E | E | E | E | Occasional PM, WV | ||||||||
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus naumanni | E | 1 record (1982) | |||||||||||
| Eye-browed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | E | E | 2 records (1996. 2007) | ||||||||||
| Sylviidae | ||||||||||||||
| Cetti's Warbler | Cettia cetti | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, (PM) |
| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Scrub Warbler | Scotocerca inquieta | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | E | E | E | 8 records, last on 1992 | |||||||||
| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella certhiola | E | 1 record (1983) | |||||||||||
| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | v | v | r | fr | r | v | r | r | v | PM | |||
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | r | F | F | F | U | U | U | F | F | F | r | r | PM, WV, SB |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | U | C | C | C | C | U | U | fr | C | C | C | PM, WV | |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | F | F | F | U | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | U | F | F | PM, WV, SB |
| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | E | E | E | Occasional | |||||||||
| Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | E | E | E | Occasional | |||||||||
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | fr | fr | fr | U | U | U | U | PM | |||||
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | v | U | F | F | F | U | r | U | F | F | U | v | |
| Clamorous Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus stentoreus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local), PM |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | r | U | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | U | r | PM, WV, SV |
| Oriental Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | E | E | E | E | 2 records (1988, 1990) | ||||||||
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | v | v | v | v | v | v | Occasional | ||||||
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | r | fr | r | r | fr | r | PM | ||||||
| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | fr | U | fr | fr | fr | r | PM, SV | ||||||
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | r | U | U | U | r | PM (irregular), SV (local) | |||||||
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida | F | C | C | C | C | C | F | U | PM, SV | ||||
| Booted Warbler | Hippolais caligata | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional | ||
| Sykes's Warbler | Hippolais rama | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional | ||
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | U | F | U | U | F | fr | fr | PM | |||||
| Barred Warbler | Sylvia nisoria | U | U | r | r | r | r | PM | ||||||
| Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | U | F | C | C | C | F | F | F | C | C | C | U | PM, WV, SV |
| Eastern Orphean Warbler | Sylvia hortensis | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | PM, SV | |||
| Arabian Warbler | Sylvia leucomelaena | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local) |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Sylvia curruca | v | C | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | C | C | v | PM, WV (local), SV |
| Sardinian Warbler | Sylvia melanocephala | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV, (SV) |
| Ménétries's Warbler | Sylvia mystacea | E | E | r | r | v | v | E | PM, WV | |||||
| Cyprus Warbler | Sylvia melanothorax | fr | U | U | r | r | U | fr | PM, WV | |||||
| Rüppell's Warbler | Sylvia rueppelli | U | F | F | U | r | r | r | PM | |||||
| Common Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | F | C | C | C | F | F | F | F | F | U | PM, SV | ||
| Spectacled Warbler | Sylvia conspicillata | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local), (PM), WV |
| Subalpine Warbler | Sylvia cantillans | r | fr | fr | r | v | v | v | PM | |||||
| Asian Desert Warbler | Sylvia nana | U | U | U | fr | fr | U | U | PM, WV | |||||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | U | U | F | F | U | C | C | C | C | U | PM | ||
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | U | F | F | U | U | U | PM | ||||||
| Balkan (Eastern Bonelli's) Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | U | F | F | U | fr | fr | U | fr | fr | fr | PM, SV (irregular breeder) | ||
| Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | C | C | C | fr | U | C | C | C | PM, WV | ||||
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | E | E | 3 records (1989, 1997) | ||||||||||
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | E | 2 record (1982, 1991) | |||||||||||
| Mountain Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus sindianus | E | 1 record (1983) | |||||||||||
| Green Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides nitidus | E | E | E | 3 records (1987, 2004, 2008) | |||||||||
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | r | r | r | v | r | r | r | WV, PM | |||||
| Hume's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | WV, PM | |||||
| Pallas's Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | E | E | E | E | 3 records (1991, 1992, 1998) | ||||||||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | r | r | r | r | r | (PM), WV (irregular) | |||||||
| Firecrest | Regulus ignicapillus | E | 1 record (2011) | |||||||||||
| Muscicapidae | ||||||||||||||
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | E | E | v | r | r | r | fr | fr | E | PM (WV) | |||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | U | C | C | F | F | F | C | C | C | U | PM, SV | ||
| Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | F | F | F | r | r | r | PM | ||||||
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | F | F | F | r | fr | fr | PM | ||||||
| Semi-collared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | fr | fr | r | r | r | r | PM | ||||||
| Tmaliidae | ||||||||||||||
| Arabian Babbler | Turdoides squamiceps | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Paridae | ||||||||||||||
| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | WV (irregular), last recorded on 1995 | |||||
| Great Tit | Parus major | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Coal Tit | Parus ater | E | E | Occasional WV | ||||||||||
| Sombre Tit | Parus lugubris | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local at Hermon) |
| Sittidae | ||||||||||||||
| Western Rock Nuthatch | Sitta neumayer | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local at Hermon) |
| Tichodromadidae | ||||||||||||||
| Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | r | r | r | v | v | r | WV | ||||||
| Remizidae | ||||||||||||||
| Eurasian Penduline Tit | Remiz pendulinus | U | U | U | U | r | v | v | v | v | U | U | U | PM, WV, (OS) |
| Nectariniidae | ||||||||||||||
| Palestine Sunbird | Nectarinia osea | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Oriolidae | ||||||||||||||
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | U | U | U | v | U | U | U | U | PM, (SV) | ||||
| Laniidae | ||||||||||||||
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | F | F | F | F | C | C | C | U | PM, SV (local) | ||||
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | r | r | r | r | v | v | v | r | fr | fr | r | PM, WV | |
| Turkestan Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | E | v | v | E | E | Very rare passage migrant | |||||||
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | r | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | PM, SV | ||
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | C | C | C | F | F | F | C | C | U | E | PM, SV | ||
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | E | E | E | E | 1 record (1982-83) | ||||||||
| Southern Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, PM, WV |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | U | U | v | v | U | U | U | U | PM, (non-breeding SV) | ||||
| Corvidae | ||||||||||||||
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Western Jackdaw | Corvus monedula | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | E | E | 1 record (1972) | ||||||||||
| Alpine Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus | r | r | r | r | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | r | WV (local wanderer at Hermon) |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | F | F | U | r | r | r | r | r | r | U | F | F | (PM), WV, OS (irregular) |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus corone cornix | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | Resident |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident - Introduced (local) |
| Sturnidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Invasive, spraeding rapidly |
| Vinous-breasted Myna | Acridotheres burmannicus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Invasive. |
| Corvidae | ||||||||||||||
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipdurus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident (local) |
| Sturnidae | ||||||||||||||
| Tristram's Starling | Onychognathus tristramii | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, (nomadic) |
| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | C | C | C | U | v | v | v | v | v | F | C | C | (PM), WV, non-breeding SV |
| Rose-Coloured Starling | Sturnus roseus | E | E | E | r | fr | r | r | r | r | r | PM (WV) | ||
| Passeridae | ||||||||||||||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident |
| Spanish Sparrow | Passer hispaniolensis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | E | E | E | E | E | Occasional WV | |||||||
| Dead Sea Sparrow | Passer moabiticus | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident and dispersal (local) |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident (local) |
| Estrildidae | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | Resident, spreading |
| Passeridae | ||||||||||||||
| Chestnut-shouldered Sparrow | Petronia xanthocollis | E | E | E | 2-3 records (1982, 2001-2) | |||||||||
| Pale Rockfinch | Petronia brachydactyla | fr | fr | fr | fr | fr | r | v | v | PM, SV (local, irregular) | ||||
| Fringillidae | ||||||||||||||
| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | C | C | C | F | v | v | v | v | v | F | C | C | PM, WV, (OS) |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | F | F | F | fr | fr | F | F | PM, WV (irregular) | |||||
| Common Linnet | Carduelis cannabina | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| European Greenfinch | Carduelis chloris | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, PM, WV |
| Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus | F | F | F | F | fr | F | F | PM, WV (irregular) | |||||
| European Serin | Serinus serinus | C | C | C | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | C | C | Resident (local), PM, WV |
| Syrian Serin | Serinus syriacus | U | U | U | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | PM, WV (local), SV (local) |
| Red-Fronted Serin | Serinus pusillus | r | r | r | r | r | PM, WV (local) | |||||||
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | WV (irregular), OS, occasionally breeds |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | U | U | U | fr | U | U | PM, WV (local, irregular) | ||||||
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | v | v | r | r | r | r | r | r | r | v | PM, WV | ||
| Sinai Rosefinch | Carpodacus synoicus | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | resident (local), WV |
| Trumpeter Finch | Bucanetes githagineus | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident & dispersal |
| Crimson-winged Finch | Rhodopechys sanguinea | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | U | U | U | SV (WV) (local at Hermon) | ||
| Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | Resident, (PM), WV, (SV) |
| Emberizidae | ||||||||||||||
| Corn Bunting | Emberiza calandra | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | C | (Resident), WV, SV |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | F | F | F | E | E | E | E | E | E | F | F | F | PM, WV, SV |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | E | E | E | E | v | v | v | PM (WV) | |||||
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | E | E | E | v | v | v | PM | ||||||
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | U | C | C | r | r | C | C | C | U | U | PM, SV (local) | ||
| Cretzschmar's Bunting | Emberiza caesia | F | C | C | C | F | F | C | C | F | PM, SV | |||
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | U | U | U | U | U | WV | |||||||
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | r | r | r | r | r | WV (local) | |||||||
| Cinereous Bunting | Emberiza cineracea | fr | fr | r | r | r | PM | |||||||
| Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | E | 2 records (1979, 2010) | |||||||||||
| Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | U | F | F | F | U | U | U | PM, SV (local) | |||||
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | E | E | E | E | Occasional PM | ||||||||
| Rock Bunting | Emberiza cia | F | F | F | U | U | U | U | U | U | F | F | F | Resident (local), WV |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | Resident & dispersive (localy common) |
| Total species: 533 | ||||||||||||||
- The Israeli Rarities and Distribution Committee (IRDC)
- "The Birds of Israel" (Shirihai, 1996)
- Checklist of the Birds of Israel by Arnon Tsairi.
 Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus) Southern Dead-sea, Mar.06 |
 Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) Yotvata, Dec.05 |
 Bimaculated Lark (Melanocorypha bimaculata) Arava valley, Mar.05 |
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