Birds to See in Jordan in May
82 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
82 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Blackbird, Eurasian Collared Dove and Greenfinch. New this month: Hobby, Garden Warbler, Little Tern and Temminck's Stint.
Leaving after last month44
- Pied Wagtail
- Chiffchaff
- Great White Egret
- Bluethroat
- Common Kingfisher
- Common Snipe
- Great Cormorant
- Redshank
- Eurasian Skylark
- Nightingale
- Tree Pipit
- Osprey
- Blue Tit
- Crag Martin
- Northern Pintail
- Common Raven
- Dunlin
- Wryneck
- Greater Flamingo
- Greenshank
- Common Quail
- Egyptian Vulture
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
- Meadow Pipit
- Bonelli's Eagle
- Water Rail
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Montagu's Harrier
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Short-toed Lark
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Egyptian Goose
- European Goldfinch
- Golden Oriole
- Red-necked Phalarope
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Griffon Vulture
- Corncrake
- Peregrine Falcon
- Yellow-legged Gull
- Wood Warbler
- Spotted Crake
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
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidusLC
Regularly Dec–Aug
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(17)Present outside the breeding season
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(37)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly May–Aug
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owl
Otus scopsLC
Regularly Apr–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