Birds to See in Lebanon in August
70 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Blackbird, Greenfinch, Hooded Crow and Eurasian Jay. New this month: European Honey-buzzard, European Bee-eater, Buzzard and Pied Wagtail and 12 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
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.
Other months
All 70 birds in August
70 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Aug
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.28% in Aug
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.16% in Aug
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Aug
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Aug
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Aug
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 2.01% in Aug
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Aug
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.83% in Aug
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.83% in Aug
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.79% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 1.66% in Aug
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Aug
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.49% in Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.32% in Aug
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.24% in Aug
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.15% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.11% in Aug
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.90% in Aug
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.90% in Aug
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.90% in Aug
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.77% in Aug
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.77% in Aug
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Aug
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.68% in Aug
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.64% in Aug
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.60% in Aug
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.60% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.55% in Aug
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.55% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.51% in Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.51% in Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Aug
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Aug
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.47% in Aug
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.47% in Aug
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Aug
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Aug
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Aug
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.34% in Aug
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.30% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.30% in Aug
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.17% in Aug
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Aug
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Aug
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