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 Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–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