Birds to See in Jordan in January
62 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Pied Wagtail, Blackbird and Chiffchaff. New this month: Eurasian Siskin, Eurasian Wren and Peregrine Falcon.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 62 birds in January
62 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.76% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 3.45% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.08% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.95% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jan
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.53% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.19% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.95% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.54% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.54% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.54% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.52% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.38% in Jan
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.36% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Jan
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Jan
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.24% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.18% in Jan
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.16% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Jan
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesScarceUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan · 0.14% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.14% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.12% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
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