Birds to See in Jordan in April
122 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in April25
- Spotted Flycatcher
- Red-backed Shrike
- European Honey-buzzard
- Little Bittern
- European Turtle-dove
- Whinchat
- Blue Tit
- Common Tern
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Greenshank
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Meadow Pipit
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Gull-billed Tern
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Black-tailed Godwit
- European Goldfinch
- Golden Oriole
- Red-necked Phalarope
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Griffon Vulture
- Corncrake
- Wood Warbler
- Spotted Crake
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(68)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–Jun
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Apr
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Quail
Coturnix coturnixLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemusLC
Regularly Apr–Jul
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly Apr
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrixLC
Regularly Apr
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleucaLC
Regularly Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Corncrake
Crex crexLC
Regularly Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus michahellisLC
Regularly Mar–Apr
Griffon Vulture
Gyps fulvusLC
Regularly Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Spotted Crake
Porzana porzanaLC
Regularly 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