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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May
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