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
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusScarceCommon41–52 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusPassage migrantCommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantCommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–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