Birds to See in Jordan in February
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.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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.
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All 75 birds in February
75 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 7.40% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.96% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.10% in Feb
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.98% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.55% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.31% in Feb
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.83% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.71% in Feb
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.67% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.60% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.58% in Feb
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.52% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.48% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.46% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.46% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Feb
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Dec–Aug · 0.38% in Feb
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.28% in Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.28% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.26% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.22% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.18% in Feb
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.18% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.12% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.12% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.12% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.10% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusPassage migrantUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb · 0.08% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.08% in Feb
SerinSerinus serinusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Feb–Jun · 0.08% in Feb
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