List of birds of Lebanon

This is a list of birds recorded in the Lebanon.

Ostriches

Ostrich Struthio camelus (extinct)

Grebes

Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena
Great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis

Shearwaters

Scopoli's shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Great shearwater Ardenna gravis
Sooty shearwater Ardenna griseus
Manx shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Balearic shearwater Puffinus mauretanicus
Levantine shearwater Puffinus yelkouan

Pelicans

Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Dalmatian pelican Pelecanus crispus
Pink-backed pelican Pelecanus rufescens

Gannets

Northern gannet Morus bassanus

Cormorants

Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Pygmy cormorant Microcarbo pygmeus

Herons, egrets and bitterns

Grey heron Ardea cinerea
Purple heron Ardea purpurea
Great egret Ardea alba
Little egret Egretta garzetta
Squacco heron Ardeola ralloides
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Little bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Great bittern Botaurus stellaris

Storks

Black stork Ciconia nigra
White stork Ciconia ciconia

Ibises and spoonbills

Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Eurasian spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Caribbean flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber (introduced ?)

Ducks and geese

Mute swan Cygnus olor
Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Greylag goose Anser anser
Eurasian wigeon Anas penelope
Gadwall Anas strepera
Eurasian teal Anas crecca
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Northern pintail Anas acuta
Garganey Anas querquedula
Northern shoveler Anas clypeata
Marbled teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
Common pochard Aythya ferina
Ferruginous pochard Aythya nyroca
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Velvet scoter Melanitta fusca
Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula

Vultures, eagles, buzzards, kites

Osprey Pandion haliaetus
European honey buzzard Pernis apivorus
Black-shouldered kite Elanus caeruleus
Red kite Milvus milvus
Black kite Milvus migrans
White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Griffon vulture Gyps fulvus
Eurasian black vulture Aegypius monachus
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus
Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
Northern harrier Circus cyaneus
Pallid harrier Circus macrourus
Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus
Levant sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes
Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Eurasian buzzard Buteo buteo
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
Rough-legged buzzard Buteo lagopus
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
Greater spotted eagle Clanga clanga
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Tawny eagle Aquila rapax ?
Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca
Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Verreaux's eagle Aquila verreauxii
Bonelli's eagle Aquila fasciata
Booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus

Falcons

Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Common kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Red-footed falcon Falco vespertinus
Eleonora's falcon Falco eleonorae
Merlin Falco columbarius
Eurasian hobby Falco subbuteo
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Saker falcon Falco cherrug
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus

Quails

Chukar Alectoris chukar
Rock partridge Alectoris graeca (introduced)
Sand partridge Ammoperdix hevi
Black francolin Francolinus francolinus
Common quail Coturnix coturnix
Ring-necked pheasant Phasianus colchicus (introduced)
Indian peafowl Pavo cristatus (introduced, domesticated)

Cranes

Demoiselle crane Anthropoides virgo
Common crane Grus grus

Rails

Water rail Rallus aquaticus
Little crake Porzana parva
Spotted crake Porzana porzana
Grey-headed swamphen, Porphyrio poliocephalus
Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian coot Fulica atra
Corncrake Crex crex

Bustards

Great bustard Otis tarda
Houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata
Macqueen's bustard Chlamydotis macqueenii
Little bustard Tetrax tetrax

Oystercatchers

Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Stilts

Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
Pied avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Stone curlews

Eurasian thick-knee Burhinus oedicnemus

Coursers & pratincoles

Cream-colored courser Cursorius cursor
Collared pratincole Glareola pratincola
Black-winged pratincole Glareola nordmanni

Plovers

Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Spur-winged plover Vanellus spinosus
Sociable lapwing Vanellus gregarius
European golden plover Pluvialis apricaria
Black-bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula
Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Greater sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
Caspian plover Charadrius asiaticus
Eurasian dotterel Charadrius morinellus

Sandpipers & relatives

Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Jack snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Great snipe Gallinago media
Common snipe Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
Bar-tailed godwit Limosa lapponica
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian curlew Numenius arquata
Spotted redshank Tringa erythropus
Common redshank Tringa totanus
Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
Terek sandpiper Xenus cinereus
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy turnstone Arenaria interpres
Red knot Calidris canutus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Little stint Calidris minuta
Temminck's stint Calidris temminckii
Curlew sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Broad-billed sandpiper Limicola falcinellus
Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Skuas

Pomarine skua Stercorarius pomarinus
Arctic skua Stercorarius parasiticus

Gulls

Sooty gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
Common gull Larus canus
Audouin's gull Ichthyaetus audouinii
Pallas's gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Mediterranean gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
Black-headed gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Slender-billed gull Chroicocephalus genei
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Heuglin's gull Larus heuglini
Caspian gull Larus cachinnans
Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
Armenian gull Larus armenicus
Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla

Terns

Gull-billed tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian tern Hydroprogne caspia
Lesser crested tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Common tern Sterna hirundo
Little tern Sternula albifrons
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
White-winged tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Black tern Chlidonias niger

Sandgrouse

Pin-tailed sandgrouse Pterocles alchata
Black-bellied sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis

Doves

Rock pigeon Columba livia
Stock dove Columba oenas
Wood pigeon Columba palumbus
European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur
Eurasian collared dove Streptopelia decaocto
Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis

Parrots

Rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri (introduced)

Cuckoos

Great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Barn owls

Barn owl Tyto alba

Typical owls

Pallid scops owl Otus brucei
European scops owl Otus scops
Eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo
Brown fish owl Ketupa zeylonensis
Tawny owl Strix aluco
Desert owl, Strix hadorami
Little owl Athene noctua
Long-eared owl Asio otus
Short-eared owl Asio flammeus

Nightjars

European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus

Swifts

Alpine swift Tachymarptis melba
Common swift Apus apus
Pallid swift Apus pallidus
Little swift Apus affinis

Kingfishers

European kingfisher Alcedo atthis
White-throated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Bee-eaters

Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
European bee-eater Merops apiaster

Rollers

European roller Coracias garrulus

Hoopoes

Hoopoe Upupa epops

Wrynecks and woodpeckers

Eurasian wryneck Jynx torquilla
Syrian woodpecker Dendrocopos syriacus
European green woodpecker Picus viridis

Larks

Desert lark Ammomanes deserti
Greater hoopoe-lark Alaemon alaudipes
Calandra lark Melanocorypha calandra
Bimaculated lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
Black lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis
Greater short-toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Lesser short-toed lark Alaudala rufescens
Dunn's lark Eremalauda dunni
Crested lark Galerida cristata
Wood lark Lullula arborea
Sky lark Alauda arvensis
Horned lark Eremophila alpestris
Temminck's lark Eremophila bilopha

Swallows & martins

Bank swallow Riparia riparia
Eurasian crag martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped swallow Cecropis daurica
Common house martin Delichon urbica

Pipits & wagtails

White wagtail Motacilla alba
Yellow wagtail Motacilla flava
Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Richard's pipit Anthus richardi
Tawny pipit Anthus campestris
Long-billed pipit Anthus similis
Tree pipit Anthus trivialis
Meadow pipit Anthus pratensis
Red-throated pipit Anthus cervinus
Water pipit Anthus spinoletta

Bulbuls

White-spectacled bulbul Pycnonotus xanthopygos

Dippers

White-throated dipper Cinclus cinclus

Wrens

Eurasian wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Accentors

Siberian accentor Prunella montanella
Dunnock Prunella modularis

Chats, thrushes

Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus
Blackbird Turdus merula
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Song thrush Turdus philomelos
Mistle thrush Turdus viscivorus

Cisticolas

Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Graceful prinia Prinia gracilis

Streaked scrub warbler

Streaked scrub warbler Scotocerca inquieta

Cettid warblers

Cetti's warbler Cettia cetti

Locustellid warblers

Common grasshopper warbler Locustella naevia
Eurasian river warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Savi's warbler Locustella luscinioides

Acrocephalid warblers

Moustached warbler Acrocephalus melanopogon
Sedge warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Marsh warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Great reed warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Clamorous reed warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
Eastern olivaceous warbler Iduna pallida
Upcher's warbler Hippolais languida
Olive-tree warbler Hippolais olivetorum
Icterine warbler Hippolais icterina

Phylloscopid warblers

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Western Bonelli's warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Eastern Bonelli's warbler Phylloscopus orientalis
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

Old World warblers

Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Greater whitethroat Sylvia communis
Lesser whitethroat Sylvia curruca
Barred warbler Sylvia nisoria
Eastern Orphean warbler Sylvia crassirostris
Rüppell's warbler Sylvia ruppeli
Subalpine warbler Sylvia cantillans
Sardinian warbler Sylvia melanocephala
Cyprus warbler Sylvia melanothorax
Menetries's warbler Sylvia mystacea
Spectacled warbler Sylvia conspicillata

Kinglets

Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Common firecrest Regulus ignicapillus

Old World flycatchers

Common rock thrush Monticola saxatilis
Blue rock thrush Monticola solitarius
Spotted flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Semicollared flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Red-breasted flycatcher Ficedula parva
Blue-and-white flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana (introduced ?)
European robin Erithacus rubecula
Thrush nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
White-throated robin Irania gutturalis
Rufous-tailed scrub robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Common redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
European stonechat Saxicola maurus
Northern wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Mourning wheatear Oenanthe lugens
Finsch's wheatear Oenanthe finschii
Pied wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Cyprus wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca
Black-eared wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Desert wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Isabelline wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

Bearded reedling

Bearded reedling Panurus biarmicus

Tits

Sombre tit Poecile lugubris
Coal tit Periparus ater
Great tit Parus major
Eurasian blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus

Nuthatches

Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea
Rock nuthatch Sitta neumayer

Wallcreepers

Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

Penduline tits

Penduline tit Remiz pendulinus

Sunbirds

Palestine sunbird Cinnyris oseus

Orioles

Golden oriole Oriolus oriolus

Shrikes

Red-backed shrike Lanius collurio
Southern grey shrike Lanius meridionalis
Lesser grey shrike Lanius minor
Masked shrike Lanius nubicus
Woodchat shrike Lanius senator

Jays and crows

Eurasian jay Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian magpie Pica pica
Red-billed chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Yellow-billed chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
Eurasian jackdaw Corvus monedula
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Carrion crow Corvus corone
Common raven Corvus corax
Hooded crow Corvus cornix

Starlings

Rosy starling Pastor roseus
European starling Sturnus vulgaris
Common myna Acridotheres tristis (introduced)

Avadavats

Red avadavat Amandava amandava (introduced)

Old World buntings

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Pine bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Rock bunting Emberiza cia
Cinereous bunting Emberiza cineracea
Ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana
Cretzschmar's bunting Emberiza caesia
Little bunting Emberiza pusilla
Black-headed bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Corn bunting Emberiza calandra

Finches

Common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Red crossbill Loxia curvirostra
European greenfinch Chloris chloris
Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
Common linnet Linaria cannabina
Red-fronted serin Serinus pusillus
European serin Serinus serinus
Syrian serin Serinus syriacus
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Crimson-winged finch Rhodopechys sanguinea
Trumpeter finch Bucanetes githaginea
Desert finch Rhodospiza obsoleta

Sparrows

House sparrow Passer domesticus
Spanish sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus
Rock petronia Petronia petronia
Pale rockfinch Carpospiza brachydactyla

References

Birds of Asia

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