Birds to See in Jordan in January
62 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
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
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)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
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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