Birds to See in Jordan in September
91 bird species on our list for Jordan are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Rock Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Barn Swallow and Blackbird. New this month: Buzzard, Great White Egret, Yellow Wagtail and Willow Warbler and 35 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
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 91 birds in September
91 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 5.70% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Sep
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorResidentCommon22–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.17% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.11% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.97% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.87% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.67% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.67% in Sep
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusWinter visitorCommon48–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.65% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorCommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenanthePassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.57% in Sep
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.53% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Sep
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.52% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.50% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.49% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.45% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorCommon38–42 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.43% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.43% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.40% in Sep
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.40% in Sep
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.24% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturPassage migrantCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarWinter visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.17% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.17% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.16% in Sep
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monachaWinter visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.14% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
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