Uncommon Birds in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 64 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 51 passage migrants and 11 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 64, most common first
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Oct–May
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Oct–May
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusPassage migrantUncommon36–39 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WoodlarkLullula arboreaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Aug–May
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Nov–May
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantUncommon9–10 cmRegularly Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaPassage migrantUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Dec
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly 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