Common Birds in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 68 common birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 7 summer visitors, 27 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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