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
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisScarceUncommon36–41 cm
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataPassage migrantUncommon65–72 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaPassage migrantUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesScarceUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantUncommon69–81 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
PochardAythya ferinaPassage migrantUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little TernSternula albifronsPassage migrantUncommon21–25 cmRegularly May–Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaPassage migrantUncommon63–73 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly 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