Birds to See in Lebanon in April
116 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in April
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Greenfinch, Blackcap, House Sparrow and Lesser Whitethroat. New this month: European Honey-buzzard, European Bee-eater, Red-backed Shrike and Spotted Flycatcher and 24 more.
On the move in April
GBIF · AprArriving
At their peak
From Lebanon’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 116 birds in April
116 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Apr
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Apr
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Apr
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.71% in Apr
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Apr
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.01% in Apr
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.89% in Apr
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Apr
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Apr
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Apr
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.21% in Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Apr
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.07% in Apr
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Apr
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 1.05% in Apr
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.98% in Apr
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Apr
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Apr
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.88% in Apr
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.81% in Apr
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.78% in Apr
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.78% in Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.76% in Apr
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.74% in Apr
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.74% in Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Apr
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.65% in Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.62% in Apr
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Apr
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.58% in Apr
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.55% in Apr
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.52% in Apr
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.52% in Apr
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Apr
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Apr
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.46% in Apr
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Apr
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Apr
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.41% in Apr
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Apr
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.40% in Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.39% in Apr
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Apr
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.36% in Apr
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Apr
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.35% in Apr
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Apr
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.33% in Apr
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.33% in Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Apr
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.29% in Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Apr
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.27% in Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Apr
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.27% in Apr
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.27% in Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.24% in Apr
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Apr
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.23% in Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Apr
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.21% in Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Apr
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Apr
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Apr
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.18% in Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.17% in Apr
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Apr
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jun · 0.14% in Apr
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.14% in Apr
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.14% in Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.12% in Apr
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Apr
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleucaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr · 0.11% in Apr
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.11% in Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Apr
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Apr
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Apr
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.10% in Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Apr
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Apr
Garden WarblerSylvia borinPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–May · 0.08% in Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.08% in Apr
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Apr
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Apr
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.07% in Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr · 0.06% in Apr
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Apr
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in 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