Uncommon Birds in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 85 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 5 winter visitors, 73 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusPassage migrantUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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