Birds to See in Lebanon in December
58 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Hooded Crow, House Sparrow, Blackbird and Chiffchaff. New this month: Blue Tit, Sandwich Tern, Jack Snipe and Golden Plover and 2 more.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
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 58 birds in December
58 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.85% in Dec
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Dec
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Dec
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Dec
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.91% in Dec
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Dec
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Dec
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.39% in Dec
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.31% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.18% in Dec
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.14% in Dec
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Dec
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Dec
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.71% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Dec
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Dec
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.28% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.24% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.24% in Dec
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.24% in Dec
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.94% in Dec
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.85% in Dec
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Dec
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.77% in Dec
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.73% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.73% in Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.64% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.60% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Dec
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Dec
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.51% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.51% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.51% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.47% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.47% in Dec
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Dec
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.43% in Dec
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Dec
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Dec
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.38% in Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec · 0.30% in Dec
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.26% in Dec
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Dec · 0.21% in Dec
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.21% in Dec
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec · 0.17% in Dec
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Dec
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.13% in Dec
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