Common Birds in Syria
Our list for Syria has 12 common birds recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 8 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Syria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixScarceCommon44–51 cm
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaScarceCommon29–37 cm
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaScarceCommon17–19 cm
BlackbirdTurdus merulaScarceCommon24–25 cm
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoScarceCommon30–32 cm
KestrelFalco tinnunculusPassage migrantCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaScarceCommon55–65 cm
MagpiePica picaScarceCommon44–46 cmRegularly Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoPassage migrantCommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct
Great TitParus majorPassage migrantCommonRegularly Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaScarceCommon90–98 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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