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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 68, most common first
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May
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