Birds to See in Jordan in September
91 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in September39
- Buzzard
- Great White Egret
- Yellow Wagtail
- Willow Warbler
- Common Redstart
- Little Grebe
- Eurasian Teal
- Wheatear
- European Honey-buzzard
- Western Marsh-harrier
- Northern Shoveler
- Little Bittern
- European Turtle-dove
- Blue Rock-thrush
- Sand Martin
- Cuckoo
- Redshank
- Eurasian Skylark
- Tree Pipit
- Whitethroat
- Booted Eagle
- Whinchat
- Wood Sandpiper
- Osprey
- Blue Tit
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Cetti's Warbler
- Hobby
- Dunlin
- Greater Flamingo
- Egyptian Vulture
- Water Rail
- Grey Wagtail
- Gull-billed Tern
- Montagu's Harrier
- Nightjar
- Short-toed Lark
- Temminck's Stint
- Spotted Redshank
Leaving after last month5
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
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great Grey Shrike
Lanius excubitorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornixLC
Recorded all year
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Recorded all year
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Recorded all year
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Recorded all year
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Sardinian Warbler
Curruca melanocephalaLC
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Cattle Egret
Ardea ibisLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(7)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloidesLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senatorNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Winter visitors
(19)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Aug–May
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Hooded Wheatear
Oenanthe monachaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Passage migrants
(45)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Aug–May
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Apr–Nov
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Feb–Oct
European Turtle-dove
Streptopelia turturVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melbaLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Cetti's Warbler
Cettia cettiLC
Regularly Sep–May
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly Sep
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Water Rail
Rallus aquaticusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleusLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterusEN
Regularly Mar–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Sep–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