Birds to See in Lebanon in September
104 bird species on our list for Lebanon are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are European Honey-buzzard, Barn Swallow, Hooded Crow, Kestrel and House Sparrow. New this month: Sparrowhawk, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Booted Eagle and Great Cormorant and 35 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
European Honey-buzzardBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Feb–Oct
European Bee-eaterBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Western Marsh-harrierBusiest month of the year · Jan–May
Willow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
Common RavenBusiest month of the year · Mar–May
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 September
104 birds
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusPassage migrantCommon52–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 3.02% in Sep
- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 2.83% in Sep
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.53% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Sep
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Sep- European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.45% in Sep
- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusPassage migrantCommon48–56 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.07% in Sep
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Sep
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.60% in Sep
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.53% in Sep
BuzzardButeo buteoWinter visitorCommon51–57 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.50% in Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.42% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusPassage migrantCommon42–51 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.28% in Sep- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.28% in Sep
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.20% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Sep
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.09% in Sep
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaWinter visitorCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.04% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep- Common RavenCorvus coraxPassage migrantCommon54–67 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.97% in Sep
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.95% in Sep
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsSummer visitorCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.88% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.85% in Sep
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellisWinter visitorCommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.78% in Sep
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisPassage migrantCommon14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.69% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.66% in Sep
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.63% in Sep
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Sep
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusPassage migrantCommon43–47 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.54% in Sep
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.53% in Sep
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorCommon32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Sep
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaPassage migrantCommon20–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorCommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.44% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Sep
CootFulica atraPassage migrantCommon36–42 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.40% in Sep
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusPassage migrantCommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.38% in Sep
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantCommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusSummer visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.34% in Sep
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Sep
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.31% in Sep
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusPassage migrantUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
WhitethroatCurruca communisPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.28% in Sep
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusPassage migrantCommon46–51 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.23% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaWinter visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.22% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.22% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusPassage migrantUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Sep · 0.18% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.18% in Sep
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.16% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.16% in Sep
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantUncommon55–65 cmRegularly Sep · 0.15% in Sep
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorCommon26–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Sep
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaPassage migrantCommon17–20 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.12% in Sep
JackdawColoeus monedulaPassage migrantUncommon34–39 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Sep · 0.10% in Sep
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusPassage migrantCommon40–42 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.10% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Sep
SerinSerinus serinusSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.07% in Sep
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisPassage migrantUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Griffon VultureGyps fulvusPassage migrantUncommon93–122 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Barn OwlTyto albaPassage migrantUncommon33–39 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.04% in Sep
Tawny OwlStrix alucoPassage migrantUncommon37–43 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
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