Birds to See in Jordan in August
57 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
57 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Blackbird and Hoopoe. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Blackcap, Red-backed Shrike and Coot and 17 more.
New in August21
Leaving after last month2
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
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(12)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(17)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Aug
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