Birds to See in Jordan in October
101 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow and Pied Wagtail. New this month: Pied Wagtail, Black Redstart, Chiffchaff and Stonechat and 18 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 101 birds in October
101 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.42% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.45% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–18 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 2.01% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.84% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.81% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.72% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.70% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.67% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.61% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.55% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.50% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.50% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Oct
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.40% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.40% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.38% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.35% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.29% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Oct
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.26% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.25% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.23% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.21% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.19% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.16% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.15% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Oct
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.09% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraWinter visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Oct
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.05% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Oct
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