Birds to See in Jordan in December
76 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Black Redstart and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Pallid Swift, Hen Harrier, Common Raven and Barn Owl and 2 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Jordan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 76 birds in December
76 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.59% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.12% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.81% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.61% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.89% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.56% in Dec
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.46% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Dec
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 1.11% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.97% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.89% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.72% in Dec
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.72% in Dec
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.64% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Dec
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.45% in Dec
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.45% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.41% in Dec
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Dec
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.37% in Dec
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.37% in Dec
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.37% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.35% in Dec
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.29% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Dec
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.25% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Dec
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.21% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.16% in Dec
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.16% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Dec
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Dec
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.14% in Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Dec
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.08% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
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