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Birds in Jordan

Our list for Jordan has 157 bird species recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 8 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors, 88 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors

The list comes from 94,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Species on our list
157
In October
101
Common
68
Busiest month
Apr

This month: October

GBIF · Oct

Most likely

  1. House SparrowHouse Sparrow5.42%
  2. Rock DoveRock Dove4.45%
  3. Eurasian Collared DoveEurasian Collared Dove2.30%
  4. Barn SwallowBarn Swallow2.20%
  5. Pied WagtailPied Wagtail2.01%
  6. KestrelKestrel1.87%

Arriving now

  1. Pied WagtailPied WagtailWinter visitorSep 0.16% → Oct 2.01%
  2. ChiffchaffChiffchaffWinter visitorSep 0.03% → Oct 0.51%
  3. StonechatStonechatWinter visitorSep 0.00% → Oct 0.40%
  4. Crag MartinCrag MartinPassage migrantSep 0.01% → Oct 0.26%
  5. Northern PintailNorthern PintailPassage migrantSep 0.06% → Oct 0.24%
  6. Black RedstartBlack RedstartWinter visitorSep 0.08% → Oct 0.19%

Share of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.

The bird calendar for Jordan

Month by month

When each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.

The year in Jordan

Records by month
Bird records in Jordan by month, 2019–2024
January4,962
February5,040
March16,082
April19,539
May6,668
June5,830
July2,595
August3,613
September8,822
October10,175
November5,263
December5,142

April has the most records (20,000). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.

By family

12 of 25
All 25 families in Jordan

How common

All 157 birds, A to Z

Show all 157 birds

Questions

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How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Jordan?

157 species, each recorded regularly in Jordan (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 20 residents, 8 summer visitors, 32 winter visitors, 88 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Jordan, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

What birds can I see in Jordan in October?

101 species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail.

What are the most common birds in Jordan?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Jordan are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove and Blackbird.

Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

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