Birds to See in Lebanon in February
52 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow, Chiffchaff and European Robin. New this month: Barn Swallow, Common Crane, Green Sandpiper and Mistle Thrush.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
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 52 birds in February
52 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.82% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Feb
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.30% in Feb
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Feb
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.16% in Feb
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.81% in Feb
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Feb
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Feb
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.22% in Feb
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Feb
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.15% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 2.01% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Feb
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.53% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.35% in Feb
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.32% in Feb
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.28% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.21% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Feb
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.97% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.90% in Feb
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.90% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.83% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Feb
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.76% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.73% in Feb
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.69% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.66% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.62% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.59% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.59% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.55% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.55% in Feb
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.49% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.45% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.45% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Feb
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Feb
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.24% in Feb
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.17% in Feb
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