Birds to See in Lebanon in January
58 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Blackbird, Hooded Crow, European Robin and Chiffchaff. New this month: Western Marsh-harrier, Eurasian Siskin, Coal Tit and Ruddy Turnstone and 6 more.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
At their peak
Black-headed GullBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Yellow-legged GullBusiest month of the year · All year
Common KingfisherBusiest month of the year · Jul–Apr
Great CormorantBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
Sandwich TernBusiest month of the year · Dec–Apr
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Sep–Mar
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 January
58 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 4.64% in Jan
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Jan
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Jan
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 3.88% in Jan
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Jan
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Jan
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Jan- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.57% in Jan
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Jan
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jan- Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Jan
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.30% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.80% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.75% in Jan
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jan
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jan- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.42% in Jan
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 1.26% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.26% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.15% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.98% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.93% in Jan
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.82% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jan- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisWinter visitorCommon36–41 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.82% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.77% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.60% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.55% in Jan
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.49% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Jan- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.49% in Jan
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.44% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.44% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Jan
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.38% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.33% in Jan
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.33% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.22% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.22% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.22% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.22% in Jan
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
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