Birds to See in Lebanon in November
74 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Chiffchaff and Hooded Crow. New this month: Common Starling, Northern Shoveler, Little Owl and Hawfinch and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 74 birds in November
74 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 4.32% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 3.75% in Nov
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Nov
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Nov
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 2.59% in Nov
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Nov
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.90% in Nov
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.78% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.62% in Nov
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.50% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.34% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.09% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 1.06% in Nov
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.93% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.88% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.83% in Nov
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.83% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.81% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.74% in Nov
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.72% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.67% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.65% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.60% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.53% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.46% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.44% in Nov
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.44% in Nov
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.37% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.37% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.35% in Nov
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.32% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.30% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.21% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.21% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaPassage migrantCommon21–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
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