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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 85, most common first
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–May
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiPassage migrantUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–May
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantUncommon20–23 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Mar–May
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantUncommon120–145 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Nov–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