Birds to See in Lebanon in October
104 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Blackbird, Kestrel, House Sparrow, Hooded Crow and Sparrowhawk. New this month: European Robin, Stonechat, Black-headed Gull and Meadow Pipit and 18 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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 104 birds in October
104 birds
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Oct
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 2.59% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 2.44% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.22% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.01% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.76% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Oct
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Oct
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.48% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Oct
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.21% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaWinter visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 1.04% in Oct
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.04% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.02% in Oct
Common CraneGrus grusPassage migrantCommon100–130 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Oct
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.97% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.97% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.94% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Oct
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.90% in Oct
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.87% in Oct
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.80% in Oct
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Oct
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.78% in Oct
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
European RobinErithacus rubeculaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.77% in Oct
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.77% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.72% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.72% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.72% in Oct
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.58% in Oct
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.56% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.51% in Oct
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.51% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.43% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.41% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.39% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorCommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.39% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.36% in Oct
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.32% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.31% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.29% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.29% in Oct
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.27% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosWinter visitorCommon20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.24% in Oct
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.22% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.17% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisPassage migrantCommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Oct
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusPassage migrantUncommon23–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterPassage migrantCommon10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.14% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.14% in Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisPassage migrantUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Oct · 0.12% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.12% in Oct
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.12% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Oct
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Oct
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Oct
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantCommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.10% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.09% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.09% in Oct
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct · 0.07% in Oct
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in 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