Birds to See in Jordan in April
122 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird and Lesser Whitethroat. New this month: Spotted Flycatcher, Red-backed Shrike, European Honey-buzzard and Little Bittern and 21 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Jordan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 122 birds in April
122 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.95% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Apr
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.12% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.78% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.62% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 1.36% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.18% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.96% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.76% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.76% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.71% in Apr
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.70% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.64% in Apr
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.55% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.54% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.51% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.46% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.43% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.39% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.37% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.37% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.33% in Apr
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Apr
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.28% in Apr
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.25% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.25% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.25% in Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.24% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.24% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.23% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Apr
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.18% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.18% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.16% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.15% in Apr
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Apr
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr · 0.13% in Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul · 0.12% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Apr
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Apr
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Apr
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr · 0.04% in Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.03% in Apr
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantUncommon22–30 cmRegularly Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Apr · 0.03% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Apr
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr · 0.02% in Apr
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