Birds to See in Jordan in February
75 species listed for February · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
75 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in February. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird and Eurasian Collared Dove. New this month: Common Swift, Lesser Whitethroat, Pallid Swift and Little Ringed Plover and 19 more.
New in February23
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(3)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(32)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Passage migrants
(20)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Song Thrush
Turdus philomelosLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Merlin
Falco columbariusLC
Regularly Feb
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Serin
Serinus serinusLC
Regularly Feb–Jun
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