Common Birds in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 17 residents, 18 summer visitors, 23 winter visitors, 36 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
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