Birds to See in Jordan in October
101 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October22
Residents
(20)Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(6)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Winter visitors
(28)Present outside the breeding season
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Stonechat
Saxicola rubicolaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Oct–May
European Robin
Erithacus rubeculaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Corn Bunting
Emberiza calandraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Passage migrants
(47)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–Oct
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borinLC
Regularly May–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Water Pipit
Anthus spinolettaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Oct–Dec
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Nov
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